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>> Are they violating some sort of law? This kind of question is literally determined in such court cases. There are laws about polluting, causing harm to peop
by dalbasal 5y ago
>> Are they violating some sort of law?
This kind of question is literally determined in such court cases. There are laws about polluting, causing harm to people, the environment and such. Giving these laws meaning in practice is what courts do.
Of course, any legal system "pretends" that they're actually just interpreting... but this is never really true. If you gave an alien lawyer a book of laws, without the accompanying book of precedents (even in civil law systems), they would not know what is and isn't legal.
It is pretty interesting that there's no fine or punishment. A recognition-not-recognition that this is a pivot point. Hopefully, antitrust courts will adopt the same approach. Fining Google or Amazon has been a bust.
Laws don't come from gods, not even the gods or pure reason. The come from people. Courts, parliaments, polities, regulators, etc.
- skeeter2020 5y ago>> Laws don't come from gods, There is a huge body of historical law in the western world that comes from the decree of the king, literally a god.
- dalbasal 5y agoDo you believe it? I wasn't making a normative point really. I was just describing where laws come from. A parliament (or god king) says reckless endangerment is a crime. Police, prosecutors, judges, and such put meat on this skeleton. Also, I think the prevalent medieval european tradition was more focused on the "divine right of kings" to rule than the divinity of kings per se.
- ric2b 5y agoKings aren't gods, regardless of how much they claim to be.