# kaal:claim:617681-018

**Claim.** Because the English common law system is gravitating toward a civil law approach that weights statutes more heavily than judicial interpretation, the value of a bundled package of statutes plus adjudication even in a European common law jurisdiction may not greatly exceed the value of the statutes standing alone.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- European common law jurisdictions, in contrast with Delaware

**Source quote.**

> The value of the "bundled package" of statutory law and adjudication provided by the state of incorporation even in a common law jurisdiction thus may not greatly exceed the value of the statutory law standing alone.

**From.** Christian Kirchner, Richard W. Painter, Wulf A. Kaal, *Regulatory Competition in EU Corporate Law after Inspire Art Unbundling Delaware's Product for Euro* (2004), D.I.2 Differences Between Common Law and Civil Law Approaches, page 26

**Cite as.** Christian Kirchner, Richard W. Painter, Wulf A. Kaal, Regulatory Competition in EU Corporate Law after Inspire Art Unbundling Delaware's Product for Euro (2004). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=617681

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**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** common-law, case-law, bundled-product, united-kingdom

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