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From: sra@oddjob.UChicago.UUCP (Scott Anderson)
Newsgroups: net.jokes,net.legal
Subject: Re: comparative European legal systems
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Date: Sat, 9-Mar-85 19:43:01 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar  9 19:43:01 1985
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Summary: 

>
> After 35 years, I have finished a comprehensive study of
> European comparative law ...  In Germany, under the law,
> everything is prohibited, except that which is permitted.
> In France, under the law, everything is permitted, except
> that which is prohibited.  In the Soviet Union, under the
> law, everything is prohibited, including that which is
> permitted.  And in Italy, under the law, everything is
> permitted, especially that which is prohibited.
>
And in Great Britain, everything is permitted except if the cost is
prohibitive!

					Scott Anderson
					ihnp4!oddjob