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> The law was written in a certain technical way, and what's relevant here is whether it counts as 1 or 5 stores according to the law. European judges don't re
by mschuster91 3y ago
> The law was written in a certain technical way, and what's relevant here is whether it counts as 1 or 5 stores according to the law.
European judges don't really look favourable on defendants attempting to circumvent laws on technicialities - they also take the reasoning behind a law into account. This crucial difference is what many American companies learn the hard way when they try to bulldoze their way through European laws.
- yxhuvud 3y agoUh, that sort of depends on what part of EU you are speaking of. The Romance countries does not have the same legal traditions as as the ones based on the English way (even if uk is gone, there are others that share tradition with them), and the Scandinavian countries are different to both.
- seabass-labrax 3y agoThe court relevant to this case is the General Court of the European Union. Each member state can put forward up to two judges each. Given the current composition of the EU, that seems to me to be broadly equal between the Germanic and Romance traditions (although I am quite aware of the limitations of such an academic division).