Some Eurocrats suggest that the philosophical gap reflects the American constitutional tradition that everything is allowed unless it is forbidden, against the Napoleonic tradition codifying what the state allows and banning everything else.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

In a quixotic holdover from Prohibition, when alcohol was banned in the U.S., American consumers have been largely forbidden from buying wine directly from a winery not located in their state.

FORBES: Bottled up

Russia's rules state that material can be banned for including any one of three kinds of forbidden material.

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