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Authored by: mcinsand on Friday, May 04 2012 @ 12:18 PM EDT |
>> ... the USA legal system does take *some* notice of
>>laws and legislation passed outside its borders ...
I think and hope that we benefit from a balance. Sharing legal perspectives
helps us to refine and even understand our laws, while some independence between
legal systems also helps to make sure that new laws are shaken down.
As with software, a degree of modularity affords some security by limiting how
easily a problem can spread. When it comes to laws, a bit of a delay helps with
letting an idea be tested before it spreads too far. There have been times when
I have hoped that the rest of the world would balk at one of our (US) ideas,
with software patents and insanely extended copyrights being good examples. On
the other hand, there have also been some laws that I have been relieved to see
us not adopt.
Since the much of the US legal foundation came with the European immigrants,
cases in Europe can provide relevant perspectives. The reasoning in the SAS
case could be very valuable in this case. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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