A lawsuit in the United States is often a traumatic experience for a German business. As I mentioned in class, this refers, among other things, to the view that American law is made backwards, i.e., going from the specific case to the general legal proposition. The idea that American law is somewhat unsophisticated. These are some of the charicaturistic views of the law. Just as we often have misconceptions about foreign systems, they may harbor some of their own about ours.
Law is a sovereign prerogative.
Self-sufficiency of local law. In brief, an adequate description of the civil law requires attention to all dimensions of the legal system and a de-emphasis on rules of law. This is particularly disagreeable because rules are so easy to find and to read, while it is very difficult to find reliable information in law libraries about legal extension, legal penetration, the legal culture, and the structure, composition, and operation of the law machine. During today's class, I described the system of Constitutional Adjudication in France. The Council of State is part of the administrative adjudication system.