Re: [tlug] Wifi hotspot access in Tokyo (Very OT)

[Nicolas Limare <nicolas+tlug@example.com>]

>> While it can certainly have drawbacks, it has the benefit of
>> average citizens being able to understand the law without having to
>> look up case history. :)
> 
> Not unmitigated.  It also means that moving from jurisdiction to
> jurisdiction you can have rather different interpretations until the
> legislature catches up and fixes the ambiguity

I don't get it. This is only a problem when there are subdivisions of
the national jurisdiction, such as in provinces or "subnational
states" (USA, India, Australia, Canada, ...). In the rest of the world
where one state == one law, either you move within the state and the
law is the same everywhere for everyone, or you move abroad and then,
yes, there is a different law, as one would expect when going to
another country.

Is "one state == one law" the most common configuration? I have the
impression that yes, but it might be from my French Jacobin
background.

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