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Laws/legal procedures are complicated because the world and its actors are complicated. And not all actors are acting in good faith, with the same facts, or eve
by pnw_hazor 8y ago
Laws/legal procedures are complicated because the world and its actors are complicated. And not all actors are acting in good faith, with the same facts, or even rationally.
If you want to have rule of law relying on simple laws just doesn't cut it most of the time.
Now, legalese can and should be reduced, modern lawyers are working on that. But laws will always be used to enforce/define complex systems or relationships. This often requires complex rules.
- someguydave 8y agoI believe the argument "Laws/legal procedures are complicated because the world and its actors are complicated" is false because it confuses cause and effect. It's true the world is complex, uncomprehendingly so. But that bears no relationship to laws and policies, upon which man chooses to impose on his fellow man. I do see how the application of simple law is complex. But that complexity could be seen as a trade-off. I'm willing to have a reasonable amount of injustice in exchange for simplifying the application of the law.
- Retra 8y ago>I'm willing to have a reasonable amount of injustice in exchange for simplifying the application of the law. The people experiencing such injustice are not willing, and violently so.
- someguydave 8y agoIt's an understandable reaction, but there's no such thing as "perfect justice" this side of heaven.