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People seem to be getting into a tizzy about what 'ours' refers to here. It refers to common and civil law, the two dominant legal traditions in the world. See
by ABCLAW 8y ago
People seem to be getting into a tizzy about what 'ours' refers to here.
It refers to common and civil law, the two dominant legal traditions in the world. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law#/media/File:Map_of_the_Legal_systems_of_the_world_(en).png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law#/media/File:Map_of_...
Both arose in Europe, and have been promulgated throughout the world.
These other legal traditions are often highlighted and discussed to show what assumptions the current dominant systems rely upon and what their biases tend to be.
- a1369209993 8y agolink is broken file page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_the_Legal_systems_of_the_world_%28en%29.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_the_Legal_systems_... direct link: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Map_of_the_Legal_systems_of_the_world_%28en%29.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Map_of_t...