On Fri, 9 Apr 2004, Geoffrey wrote:
> Chris Johnson wrote:
>
> > This is and always has been in the Napoleonic Code if I remember
> > correctly from my school days.
>
> Then you don't want to do business in Louisiana, USA either then. The
> laws there are based on the Napoleonic code as well. One reason they
> have parishes rather than counties..
>
> --
> Until later, Geoffrey Registered Linux User #108567
> Building secure systems in spite of Microsoft
>
I should have been more explicit. The assumption of guilt
before innocense is a part of French law and has been since Napoleonic
times I believe. You'll find that Napoleonic law and that which is
derived from it (including Louisiana law) is a very different creature
than that which is derived from English Common Law. The wording of
the French law doesn't surprise me at all.
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