Europe

[Furunculus]

as above, and no, while not totally alien many continental countries do not adhere to fundamental legal principles as applied in britain, i.e. trial by jury, common law, presumption of innocence, etc.

Source? I admit, I know next to nothing about law, so I can't really comment on stuff like that in great deal. That doesn't mean I don't want to know though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_l...egal_system%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_trial

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inquisitorial_system
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adversarial_system

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presumption_of_innocence