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Because law is written to allow for interpretation when unforeseen circumstances are encountered.
by harryh 10y ago
Because law is written to allow for interpretation when unforeseen circumstances are encountered.
- Retr0spectrum 10y agoUsually with the aim to maintain consistency with the intent of the law. If the intent is ambiguous, you can't easily do that (as this case demonstrates). A formally defined Controlled Natural Language[0] would be ideal for situations like this. Arguably "Legalese" already is it's own form of CNL, albeit not very well controlled. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_natural_language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_natural_language
- walshemj 10y agoI think you meant to allow for big payday for lawyers to argue about for a decade or so