legal documents are as complicated as programs, plus they depend on external inputs (i.e. 'laws', 'cases') which are in constant flux. plus think about how har

legal documents are as complicated as programs, plus they depend on external inputs (i.e. 'laws', 'cases') which are in constant flux. plus think about how hard it is to program for edge cases (vs well-defined inputs). In a legal document, clauses are only 'executed' in edge cases. wacky right?