Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:51:33 +0100

From: Hector MacQueen

Subject: Law's (Il)logic

But maybe all you could expect from a mixed(-up?) legal system?

Hector

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Hector L MacQueen
Professor of Private Law
Director, AHRC Research Centre Intellectual Property and Technology Law Edinburgh Law School University of Edinburgh Edinburgh EH8 9YL UK
Tel: (0)131-650-2060; Fax: (0)131-662-6317

Quoting David Cheifetz:

So much for the adage that one important difference between the systems is that civil law decides cases by authority of reason, the common law by reason of authority.

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