Both the US and UK operate under common-law systems with substantial judicial precedent. In practice, there is very little difference between the two systems.

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hliyan 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

For those of us who are outside of the US, can someone explain why we see things like a judge ordering a 7 year old without legal representation to file legal paperwork? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/us/lawyers-unaccompanied-...

I'm not a lawyer, but I always associated (perhaps wrongly) common law with common sense. I don't see much of the latter here.

	▲	SpicyLemonZest 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		“Immigration judges” are not judges in the normal sense, they’re employees of the Department of Justice.

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pixl97 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Unless you're in Louisiana, which has some really weird processes.

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sidewndr46 13 hours ago | parent [-]

Specifically in Louisiana you need to ask for a lawyer when arrested, not a 'lawyer dog'

	▲	FireBeyond 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Don't forget (and not just in LA) that you can only exercise your right to remain silent not by remaining silent, but by saying those words, ideally in response to each individual question. Otherwise the prosecutor can stand up in court and say you were "uncooperative" and resisted, even obstructed attempts to investigate the crime, and if your lawyer tries to frame this as you exercising your right, the judge will not permit this because you didn't utter the magical incantations.