[was: Re: [PEN-L:12163] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Origination of Capitalism]
Justin wrote:
> > 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. ...
years ago, I was talking to Bob Benson, a prof. at Loyola Law School (which
LMU owns) about this. He said that in practice, the Anglo-English and
Napoleonic Code systems work pretty much the same way, even though they
have different starting points, in terms of presumption of guilt or innocence.
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~JDevine
