On 1/11/06, David Shaffer <cdshaffer at acm.org> wrote:
> Frivolous lawsuites are an international problem.  I believe the term
> "Santa clause judge" originated in Australia.  I here "Compensation
> culture" from friends in the UK quite a bit.  I'll happily defend the
> stupid aspects of or legal system for the sake of the good ones :-)
>
Then maybe the dividing line is Common Law vs. Napoleonitic Law...