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| Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, March 17 2013 @ 09:52 AM EDT |
Folks on Nantucket still say things like "How is it in America?" even
though they've been part of it since the days of sailing ships.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, March 17 2013 @ 10:55 AM EDT |
Webster's a lawyer with a lawyer's perspective, and Louisiana's laws truly are
discontinuous from the rest of the country. It has to do with history. In the
other 49 states, territories and districts law is descended from English common
law; in Louisiana it is descended from the Roman law via France and Spain. For
lawyers the Louisiana border is where you enter another universe, and Canada is
closer to normal than this anomalous state. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: wood gnome on Sunday, March 17 2013 @ 12:43 PM EDT |
The european parallel to this is english friends of mine talking about "going to
Europe" for their holidays. It must be said however, that on a regular basis I
have the impression that they're trying to pull my leg...(they're as pro EU as I
am).[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, March 18 2013 @ 01:55 PM EDT |
Try being from New Mexico. I've had people look at me and ask if I enjoyed my
visit to the United States ....[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: jonathon on Tuesday, March 19 2013 @ 04:21 AM EDT |
Lousiana has Code Napolean as the basis of its law. The rest of the country
has British Common Law as the basis of its law. That distinction is enough
to make Lousiana a foreign country, in terms of legal practice.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: The Cornishman on Tuesday, March 19 2013 @ 10:11 AM EDT |
> the great state that is the only foreign country of the union
Heh! From over here, all 50 of you are foreign. :)
Yep, I've read the comments that explain Napoleonic Code vs English common law,
so can appreciate what Webster was getting at. Thanks for a readable and
informative report.
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(c) assigned to PJ
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