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I'm also a swe with a polisci degree (but no legal education or qualifications). I think the comparison between policy and code is useful, but not perfect. Are

• dragonwriter 7y ago
  There's a lot, but a couple key points: (1) Legal text is often (arguably, most often in the US system) intended to be reified in application and/or in subordinate enactments (e.g., regulation); not only is it not executable code, it's often not intended as a complete specification. (2) executive and legislative authorities (at least, in the US system) are not like members of a single team, but by-design adversarial power centers. (They are more like customers with conflicting demands than engineers on a team.)