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> 100+ years of legal writing tradition If tradition keeps us from inventing something better for normal human beings, it's called oppression and/or rent-seeki
by krageon 4y ago
> 100+ years of legal writing tradition
If tradition keeps us from inventing something better for normal human beings, it's called oppression and/or rent-seeking.
- sithadmin 4y agoThe issue here is that jurisprudence heavily depends upon established precedents that hinge on particular logical and semantic structures present in legal texts. The more you deviate from the norm, the more likely you are to end up in court due to disagreements over interpretation. Safer to stick to what has already has a consensus behind it.
- eru 4y agoEh, not necessarily. Eg musical notation has a lot of tradition and is a bit weird. But I don't see much oppression or rent-seeking there. (Or look at English spelling..)