Brazil's legislation doesn't believe in slippery slopes. It doesn't have a "precedent" system like the US for example. Every ruling needs to be judged by its own merits.
The American "precedent" system is actually insane when you think about it for too long. Why on earth should we be basing punishment on some prior case? if the law isn't clear enough, it should be amended to be clearer
Brazil's legislation doesn't believe in slippery slopes. It doesn't have a "precedent" system like the US for example. Every ruling needs to be judged by its own merits.
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The American "precedent" system is actually insane when you think about it for too long. Why on earth should we be basing punishment on some prior case? if the law isn't clear enough, it should be amended to be clearer
It only makes sense when an unruly, uneducated mob is trying to determine what is fair.
Considering it was a system implemented by aristocrats, I doubt that.
The justice system of, for example, the Yunan peasant uprising wasn't perfect, but it was far superior.
Damn, I got called out. This is what I get for not following Mao's advice.
Remember, the ruling ideology in all societies is the ideology of the respective ruling class.