> I and my fellow common lawyers are certainly flattered by the idea
that we
> have the best justice system in the world. It's a prejudice that is
part of
> the ideological underpinnings of my trade. However, I really doubt
that it
> is true. I suspect the Code systems of Europe are just fine. I know
too
> little about them. I can also tell you from personal experience that
the US
> justice system is pretty awful. Maybe everyone else is worse; I
doubt it.
>
> --jks
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Of course we can't forget our cadres in/of international commercial
law who think the dispute resolution systems in ICSID, NAFTA and WTO
are far better than the US system, which "forbids" conflict of
interest and is presided over by an "independent" judiciary and
actually has those messy juries....
Ian
