EXOD519 Among the more weighty mitzvos [i.e. that the populace is not heedful of] is that of avoiding litigation in gentile courts of law (Gittin 88b), "'These are the laws that you shall present before them' [this verse] -- before them [i.e., the Jewish people,] and not before gentiles," [This follows the principle that a prohibition deduced from a positive commandment is a mitzvah asei] and sinners will stumble over them [Hoshea 14:10].