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		callamdelaney 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: UK rail minister got engineer sacked for raising s... Laws are loosely written to effectively apply to anything and are interpreted by the courts. Sentences are subjectively and unevenly applied depending on the 'circumstances' of the offender.

philwelch 10 months ago [–]

> Laws are loosely written to effectively apply to anything and are interpreted by the courts.

This is called "English common law" and it is a feature American law shares with many other English-speaking countries.

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