I was surprised to learn how little emphasis other countries place on their legal system, if they even do at all. Exhibit 7.1 shows the number of lawyers per 100,000 people in various different countries. The United States has the highest number of lawyers with nearly 400, while countries like China, Japan, and South Korea all have fewer than 50 lawyers per 100,000 people. I guess I never realized that legal systems similar to ours in the United States did not really exist in other countries. I learned this first hand while I “studied” abroad in Australia; lawsuits aren’t really a common thing in Australia. In the U.S., you often see people threaten other people or companies with a lawsuit whenever something happens that they want to seek remedy for. Although efficient, I do believe that many lawsuits are a little unnecessary and just a matter of people being too stubborn to make a compromise. Either way, learning about the lack of legal systems in other countries makes me wonder how effective international lawsuits really are. I feel like many countries just wouldn’t care whenever a U.S. company sues them. For example, the State of Missouri sued China over the coronavirus. I wonder what the result of that will be…if there even is one!