|
|
|
| Authored by: Wol on Thursday, January 17 2013 @ 03:32 PM EST |
It's NOT "what's wrong with most legal systems". In fact, in MOST
countries except the US, it's the company with a lot of money that will go
bankrupt in the scenario you envisage.
Read a few of the comments about Samsung vs Apple in the UK. At the end of it,
Samsung was told to present Apple with their bill and, admittedly slightly
unusually, Apple were told not to bother disputing it unless they were very
confident. I can't remember the legal term but even the time of the accountants
and lawyers preparing the bill was probably a legitimate expense.
So no, this IS very definitely a problem that is fairly unique to the USA.
Cheers,
Wol[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
|
| |
| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, January 17 2013 @ 04:04 PM EST |
I thought courts and judges were originally meant to provide
ceremonial legitimacy to what the king had decided to do.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
|
| |
| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, January 19 2013 @ 10:06 AM EST |
This was not company against individual, this was criminal case.
Compared to western countries, criminal defense is uniquely expensive in USA.
Prosecutor discretion is uniquely huge in USA. Plea bargaining is a norm in USA
(97% of cases) while not being allowed elsewhere or infrequent. Prosecutor alone
being able to make difference between misdemeanor and 35 years is definitely not
usual.
I'm not saying that other systems are necessary inherently better, other
countries have their own different problems. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
|
|
|
|
|
