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Who cares? Well the grand parent post references Europe, it is presumably a response to that.
by pipes 5mo ago
Who cares? Well the grand parent post references Europe, it is presumably a response to that.
- EA-3167 5mo agoThe UK is famously no longer a part of the EU.
- alistairSH 5mo agoEU membership has nothing to do with being physically located in Europe. The UK, Switzerland, and most of the former Yugoslavian states are not in the EU. Same for Iceland.
- dkersten 5mo agoBut one European countries legal system also doesn’t constitute “most European legal systems”.
- eukara 5mo ago"most European legal systems" implies more than one system, they're most likely referring to the "European Union" and not the geographical continent of Europe, which the UK is not a part of anymore
- illiac786 5mo agoGenerous interpretation.
- throw-the-towel 5mo agoAlso, UK law was always very different from Continental legal systems, Brexit or no Brexit. I don't think any country on the continent has common law, relying on precedent more than on statute.
- newaccountman2 5mo agoMy bad, I misread the thread, edited my comment to a no-op