Torts and Conventional Obligations and Property. Oh, my! And let's throw in writing an appellate brief on some Constitutional questions without the benefit of having taken Con Law.
I think I can.
I think I can.
I think I can.
@Srtolar Your nation is under 500 years old; how much law do you have really anyway? 😜
@DaveHiggins Heh. You might be surprised. And I live in a mixed jurisdiction. Louisiana has some interesting legal concepts. 😉
@Srtolar Oh, you're in the bit of the US that drew from the Code Napoleon; that would muddle the mix somewhat.
@DaveHiggins And just for fun, subsequent revisions to the Code pulled in some of the Siete Partidas and Roman law. My Civil Law of Property prof gave us an overview of history of the Civil Code last semester.
@Srtolar There's nothing confusing in Roman Law.
I definitely didn't get to the point of discussing writing a thesis on the ambivalence of the word proximis in the Code of Justinian.
@DaveHiggins No. Nothing confusing. 😵 I spend a lot of time reading the revision comments for the codal provisions, red pen in hand. "You must master The Code!"
Also, in Louisiana, we have jurisprudence constante rather than stare decisis. Previous court decisions are merely persuasive, not binding authority.
@DaveHiggins Just a couple weeks ago I read a La. Supreme Court property case that broke with over 100 years of rulings. The lone dissenting justice was incensed.
@Srtolar There is something to be said for law that focuses on the specifics of a situation rather than the similarities to others; however, binding precedent does make for a greater predictability for the lay person.