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The laws are basically jargon. There is a good reason behind the wording, it rests on centuries of case law of people hammering out exactly what each work or p
by jandrese 2y ago
The laws are basically jargon. There is a good reason behind the wording, it rests on centuries of case law of people hammering out exactly what each work or phrase means exactly, but it does add a layer of obfuscation for the layman. The law is a huge machine, and the laws are the code. Could it be better? Definitely. Lots of decisions were made that were a good idea at the time but are now pain points, but the system is too big to make systematic changes. You have to work within the framework.
- vlovich123 2y ago> the system is too big to make systematic changes This seems like a flawed argument to me that if applied would see technology stagnating. The reason it’s flawed is the assumption that the system is at a fixed max size. However, if it’s growing quickly, you can always come up with new systemic ways of doing things that are divorced from the past and over time most of the things are done the new way. You can even refactor/replace the old stuff over time. Law isn’t quite like code which is where this analogy breaks down a bit but something to think about.
- nradov 2y agoIn a common law system, like what we use in the USA and most of the Anglosphere, it is impossible to divorce from the past.