I'd disagree entirely with this sentiment. I'd say at one point there was a fairly good weighting between "letter of the law" vs "intent of the law". Where the

I'd disagree entirely with this sentiment. I'd say at one point there was a fairly good weighting between "letter of the law" vs "intent of the law". Where the intent of the law mattered and was considered in cases. I haven't seen much good faith consideration of intent of the law in a long time. More and more I find we're just following the letter of the law as closely as possible - reverting to precedent when it exists. Given this tendency... Law is EXACTLY like an algorithm that works and operates like code. It is riddled with clever tricks and often explicitly allows precisely following the letter of the law while shitting all over its original intent.