Having formally studied law, mathematics, and programming, I find it odd that you could say "the beauty of law is that someone is actually right" especially in

Having formally studied law, mathematics, and programming, I find it odd that you could say "the beauty of law is that someone is actually right" especially in comparison to any formal system like programming or mathematics. The law is not written in a formal language (in the mathematical/philosophical sense), and interpretation/semantics is not derivable from its representation in text; meanings derive from squishy brains responding to the text. Having said that, I find it to be a very apt analogy; the idea behind "rule of law" is an aspiration that the law should be more like mathematics or programming rather than an ad hoc collection of rulers' decisions.