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It's too bad the US is too hard headed to adopt some of these practices.
by spicybright 6y ago
It's too bad the US is too hard headed to adopt some of these practices.
- Kalium 6y agoYou're absolutely right! The US is pretty hard-headed on any number of subjects, reasonable or otherwise. A lot of these are great ideas. Formalizing into law the system where a judge decides what is a reasonable amount of attorney's fees definitely sounds like an improvement! Though I can see where revamping the fundamental structure of a legal system could be challenging, time-consuming, and probably messy.
- vimax 6y agoI don't think it is just being hard headed. I don't know of a practical non-disruptive way to change the basis of the US legal system away from common law. Edit: not that I support the legal status quo, I just don't see the public bipartisan will to make that level of systemic reform
- spicybright 6y agoThat's pretty much what I mean by hard headed, no one is willing to consider change. Not an individual, just the people that create laws and policies.
- Ericson2314 6y agoYeah no kidding. Common law is perhaps at the heart of how rich Americans understand the state. And then the overrepresentation of lawyers in legislatures just makes this worse. Either way, this stuff is completely sacrosanct for no good reason.
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- floxy 6y ago>this stuff is completely sacrosanct for no good reason. Evolved law systems, like common law, do have some elegance that most people tend to overlook. Here's one article I found very interesting: http://www.law.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/ECM_PRO_060886.pdf http://www.law.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/ECM_PRO_060886.pd...
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