Conducting Transatlantic Business, Basic Legal Distinctions in the US and Europe
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978-87-403-0294-3
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2012
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loginThe laws of continental Europe and those of the USA are substantially distinct. The general difference between common law, as practiced in the US, and civil law, as practiced in continental Europe, is widely accepted, even if it is not always fully understood. American court rulings, for instance, can be extreme in the eyes of Europeans, who are not familiar with concepts such as punitive damages.