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wait a minute, was this decision made by a judge? Did anyone see this coming?


Judges don't get to create rules in Roman Law systems like they do in Common Law systems.

This is (rider?) legalese that got lobbed into a larger legislative reform.

https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/loi/2019/3/23/2019-222/jo...


Facts in a case shape decisions or should do. Parliamentary lawmakers can never anticipate the application of their laws to cover all possible disputes. Common law is evolutionary and recognizes our inability to be omniscient & lay down rules worthy of eternal justification. Moreover the logic in a case is preserved and provides a basis for deciding similar situations via precedent.


ah yes, I forgot. It's not that funny anymore.




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