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I think it's meant as a system to ensure consistency and limit the rate of change.
by visarga 5y ago
I think it's meant as a system to ensure consistency and limit the rate of change.
- whatshisface 5y agoImagine a world where there was one law, "be good to each other," and the rest was judicial precedent. What would be the problems? 1. There would be no centralized repository of what the laws were. 2. Even the best interpretation of existing precedent could be wrong or overturned, making any action potentially illegal. 3. The size of the entire corpus would grow with every case and make knowing what the law was only possible for people with a lot of law clerks to research it. The complexity of definitions could grow without bound.