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> the large legal companies contracted to write Are private companies actually writing annotations that affect judges decisions? That sounds like they are effe
by leereeves 8y ago
> the large legal companies contracted to write
Are private companies actually writing annotations that affect judges decisions? That sounds like they are effectively writing the law.
Or, if they're just compiling judges' writings, how do they have copyright on those?
- airstrike 8y agoIANAL but I believe those annotations are written by renowned jurists and approved by the state, so presumably they are "writing the law" in the way the state wants it to be written
- macspoofing 8y ago>That sounds like they are effectively writing the law. That isn't unprecedented. When Congress passes a law, the executive branch has wide discretion on how to interpret the law into executive action.