Because Justice faces a lower burden of proof in civil court, the paper says, it decided to make the bulk of its anti-tobacco case there.

Thus, according to my research, a low military burden - more than trade policy, industrial policy or national character - best explains Japan's advantage.

This lower evidentiary burden, anti-smoking advocates say, could encourage a spate of new suits.

With lower taxes and a smaller distortion there would be a lower dead-weight burden.

And with the lower burden of proof, the likelihood that defendants will have to pay those fines is much higher.

The advantage of quick saving is its low burden: The player only has to press a button and, if applicable, wait a few seconds.

The civil lawsuit had a much lower burden of proof, and was unaffected by the decision.

In such cases, a fund that has a high tax burden one year may very well have a low burden the next.

Offshore centres benefit from a low burden of regulation.

All this needs to be equalized by allowing a free choice as to which method of taxation bears the lowest burden.