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>Criminal laws are written broadly and legislatures trust prosecutors to apply the laws to the subset of conduct that falls within the arguable letter of the la
by aredox 2y ago
>Criminal laws are written broadly and legislatures trust prosecutors to apply the laws to the subset of conduct that falls within the arguable letter of the law.
Not in France. You Brits and Americans have that weird Common Law system that relies on broad "laws" (more principles, really), judicial precedent and court decisions, whereas France and most of the world's judiciaries adopted Romans and Napoleon's Civil law system where the legislators write detailed legal codes that the courts then apply.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_law_(legal_system) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_law_(legal_system)
Honestly, for me, Common Law is a medieval sh*tshow where nothing is really legally certain...
- ashoeafoot 2y agoComon law proved to be more adaptable to different customs and cultures. Almost all of frances colonies sank into lawless despotism. Meanwhile many english colonies are or were vibeant lawruled democracies, even while beeing poor .
- aredox 2y ago>Comon law proved to be more adaptable to different customs and cultures. ...Which is why civil law is the system of 150 countries /s
- rayiner 2y agoIs that true of criminal law? (Genuine question, I know zilch about European criminal law.) Does French law have the concept of prosecutorial discretion?
- aredox 2y agohttps://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunit%C3%A9_des_poursuites_en_proc%C3%A9dure_p%C3%A9nale_fran%C3%A7aise https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunit%C3%A9_des_poursuite...
- telotortium 2y agoSo it would appear that French law has broadly the same power of prosecutorial discretion as US law.