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Can you help us trace it further back with an older citation? That would be much appreciated.
by jduclos 10y ago
Can you help us trace it further back with an older citation? That would be much appreciated.
- tyingq 10y ago10 May 2012: https://blog.abevoelker.com/gitlaw-github-for-laws-and-legal-documents-a-tourniquet-for-american-liberty/ https://blog.abevoelker.com/gitlaw-github-for-laws-and-legal... I assume if my google-fu were better, I could find references to "RCS for lawyers" or "SCCS for lawyers" though, that were decades old.
- jduclos 10y agoAbe's piece is definitely notable – many thanks.
- throwawayish 10y agoLate 2012: https://github.com/bundestag/gesetze https://github.com/bundestag/gesetze
- jduclos 10y agoThank you.
- throwawayish 10y agoThe idea that law is a kind of code (in the CS sense) seemed like a pretty common idea to me... I remember various jokes revolving around that. I doubt anyone wrote those down, though ;)
- tnecniv 10y agoMy father, who is a lawyer on the brink of retirement with programming experience, mentioned this to me many times throughout his career.