• breecher@sh.itjust.works
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      6 days ago

      And of course both in the case of US and Canada it is a legacy from the UK, which also have Common Law (unlike the rest of Europe).

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      TIL. I knew Louisiana had a French history, but not that it maintenaned it in anyway, let alone through the legal code.

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        My sister won’t take the bar anywhere else, I assume because she had to learn a ton of arcane Louisiana nonsense that doesn’t translate anywhere else