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Originally Posted by Adder
Yes. It is silly and stupid. Leaving aside the non-existent fear that courts will magically start citing Sharia as precedent, I so no reason to ban courts from considering whatever persuasive authority is out there, not least because of the complexity brought by ever increasing globalization that just might make convergence among similar legal systems highly efficient.
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Putting aside what you may think are "similar legal systems", you have a surprising ally -
http://volokh.com/2010/03/19/oklahom...lahoma-courts/
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