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I used to think about law that way. Then I became friends with a number of attorneys and a couple of judges. Talking to them made it abundantly clear that much
by EvanAnderson 7y ago
I used to think about law that way. Then I became friends with a number of attorneys and a couple of judges. Talking to them made it abundantly clear that much codified law and judge-made law functions more as rough heuristics and less as "code".
I've also heard the "technical debt" you're speaking of as being described as a feature, rather than a bug.
- emilecantin 7y agoSure, it's an analogy, and analogies are always imperfect. It's true that the "computer" isn't a conventional computer at all, and behaves a lot differently. As a non-lawyer with a bit of interest in understanding the law, though, I'm strongly opposed to that technical debt. While it sure does keep the lawyers employed, it makes it _very_ hard for the lay citizen to understand what we can or cannot do.
- erichocean 7y ago> it makes it _very_ hard for the lay citizen to understand what we can or cannot do That's a feature, not a bug.