Comments on: Saudis and Tension between US, UK Libel Laws http://xrdarabia.org/2007/08/30/saudis-and-tension-between-us-uk-libel-laws/ Informed comment and commentary about Saudi Arabia, reform, and its relations with the US Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:39:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Daphine http://xrdarabia.org/2007/08/30/saudis-and-tension-between-us-uk-libel-laws/comment-page-1/#comment-3696 Daphine Sat, 01 Sep 2007 12:18:58 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/2007/08/30/saudis-and-tension-between-us-uk-libel-laws/#comment-3696 It seems like you are confusing the purpose of a legal system with differences between legal systems.

For example a Bedouin legal system might determine adultery with the lick of a hot pan and a set of tribal leaders, while a British legal system might use testimony, rules of evidence, and a random jury.

Both have the same purpose – determining if adultery was committed and let’s assume reputations harmed – but they are hardly the same of similar legal systems.

Hopefully, you would not expect a British legal system to recognize a Bedouin legal system judgment that adultery had been committed and reputations harmed?

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