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law texts feel like a layering problem, like just decoration around decoration to avoid breaking existing 'code' without ever simplifying it
by loremium 7mo ago
law texts feel like a layering problem, like just decoration around decoration to avoid breaking existing 'code' without ever simplifying it
- MagicMoonlight 7mo agoOkay so let’s try simplifying it. We’ll change the existing murder legislation to “Killing someone is a crime”. It’ll save us thousands of pages. But does that mean a soldier shooting an enemy is a crime? What about shooting someone who is raping you? What if you shoot someone by mistake, thinking they’re going to kill you? What if you hit them with a car? What if you fail to provide safety equipment which eventually results in their accidental death? Oopsie woopsie, I guess we need to add another thousand pages of exceptions back to our simplistic laws. It turns out people didn’t just write them for the fun of it.
- jfengel 7mo agoThose exceptions were accumulated over time rather than compiled into a coherent schema. I don't expect a finished product to be a single page, but neither does it require the literally millions that it currently takes up.
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