Civil law vs Common law

>>2843978
Common because it's fun to dig into the annals of history

>>2843978
Common law. It divides power between the legislature and the judiciary, which helps prevent parliamentary tyrannies. Furthermore, it puts a lot of legal construction in the hands of the legal profession, and not the winners of popularity contests.

>>2844048
I'm sold. Common law it is. Isn't it much more complex though?

>>2844083
>>2844048
Common law is super arbitrary and has 800 old rando laws still on the books.

>>2844048

>democracy is bad

>>2843978
TL;DR

>common law; law is consistenly applied
>civil law; law is or is not applied at a judge's discretion

>>2843978
Common law is always better, can still be terribly shitty if the judiciary is shit though

>>2843995
>dig into the annals
haha

Common law works best along as there is orthodoxy in the Judicary system. However, when judges express their social views on issues and let that weigh in on the decision making process that causes the system to fail.

See judges becoming memes by standing up to Trump.

>>2843978
Common law allows for more nuance.

>>2843978
Originally, Common Law was law that applied to Commoners but not to Royalty. Obsolete mostly but some Imperialist countries still have a version of it. Common Law was/is a Bad Idea.

>>2844086
Civil law is rooted on Roman law, bud. It's even older

>>2844090
It is though

>>2845030
No... the idea underpinning common law is that some form of law exists already among the commons, and that judges are to tease out these principles of justice from the common cultural practices and societal norms as they find them.

>>2845048
Guarantee this dimwit is posting his message from a democratic country

>>2845059
>"Weed should be legalized"
>"Guarantee this dimwit is posting his message from a country where weed is illegal"

>>2845072
Democracy =/= getting your way personally on everything you want, genius
If it weren't for democratic freedoms you'd be a toothless peasant sucking shit

>>2844086
This is retarded. Common law is a legal tradition and philosophy, not a singular corpus of laws.

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>>2845081

>>2843978
This thread disgusts me because it so vividly shows how many Anglos are on this board, or at least how vocal they are.

Not that it's all that surprising, with constant US- or UK-focused threads like >>2844874, >>2844907 or >>2835721.

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>>2845108
>Le Anglo
>On an English-language board set up by an American
Retard

>>2843978
Probably Common Law.

>>2845108
Don't use this thread as your fucking soapbox you fucking buttmad Euroshit

>>2845034

Ding ding.
Common Law is rooted in German tribal traditions of law, that was brought to England with the danes and adopted because its cool as fuck since trial by juries was the norm.

>>2845428

Nonsense, it was brought to England by the English, not by the Danes.

>>2845453
IIRC it was in fact brought by the Danelaw in the north.

>>2845108
>This thread disgusts me because it so vividly shows how many Anglos are on this board

Is that right?

Have you checked recently what language you're speaking and considered whether that may have something to do with your problem?

>Common Law

>LaTrell Davies raped and killed a little girl
>DNA evidence, no alibi, motive established
>prosecutor is boring
>defense attorney has charisma and charm
>jury is the local basketball team
>he walks

>Civil Law
>Evidence is presented, judge applies the law as it's written
>LaTrell is behind bars for life

>>2845106
knob a argumend