Assuming one believes that only those professionally engaged in a given pursuit should be allowed into that pursuit at all, I suppose one can be OK with it. (Al

Assuming one believes that only those professionally engaged in a given pursuit should be allowed into that pursuit at all, I suppose one can be OK with it. (Although that model still leaves citizen-units unable to review work contractors do for them - how are they supposed to know if work was done to code if they can't read the code?) If, however, you believe it is acceptable for home owners to repair their own homes or understand the laws that govern the buildings in which they live or lease to others, then you start leaning towards the notion that those governed by laws should be allowed to read them without private actors extracting a rent. There is a big difference between transparency of operations (the right to know what your government is up to) and transparency of law. Both are important, but confusing the two doesn't do anyone any good. I do think a "minimum viable democracy" needs the laws to be publicly reviewable without precondition. There can't be equal protection before the law when the law is only accessible for payment. That only a subset of humans are involved in the trades doesn't change the fact that the laws effect me, even if I'm not building my own house.