Well, as a programmer * whose father is an academic lawyer * who has actually developed software for drafting and reviewing legal documents within parliamenta

Well, as a programmer * whose father is an academic lawyer * who has actually developed software for drafting and reviewing legal documents within parliamentary procedure I can tell you that all the above is entirely true. In any case, the vast majority of legal documents in everyday use aren't developed in a parliamentary system, they're developed within the framework of contract law, where sensible refactoring and variable naming would go a very long way if lawyers had the tooling and training to make use of them.