Re:Trial by money as bad as patent idiocy
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Trial by money is a longstanding feature of the US legal system. The only way out of this is to adopt the English system whereby the loser in a civil suit has to pay both his own and the other sides costs. This also applies if the litigant withdraws. Both these measures tend to make people think twice before they sue and make nusience lawsuits largly an American phenmena. The question is with lawyers writing your laws how are you going to introduce it?
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Trial by money is a longstanding feature of the US legal system. The only way out of this is to adopt the English system whereby the loser in a civil suit has to pay both his own and the other sides costs. This also applies if the litigant withdraws. Both these measures tend to make people think twice before they sue and make nusience lawsuits largly an American phenmena. The question is with lawyers writing your laws how are you going to introduce it?