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Could you elaborate? I think a better approach would be to revise the legal codex so that it becomes simple enough for individuals to research and lower depende

Could you elaborate? I think a better approach would be to revise the legal codex so that it becomes simple enough for individuals to research and lower dependency on professional lawyers. Moreover, I disagree with the common analogy made in circles like HN that laws resemble code. Perhaps in some esoteric probabilistic language they might, though I don't believe thinking such as "ML will fix this" will yield a proper correspondence.

adventured 12y ago
Well, to step back from even the future the parent is describing, consider what's already taking place. LegalZoom type services are wiping out entire segments that pricey lawyers used to occupy. Need to incorporate? Don't spend thousands of dollars, spend $150 to $200 + state fees. Need a trademark? $150 to $200 plus govt fees. Need a basic will? $50 to $100, no hassle. There are somewhere around 3 to 4 million corporations in the US. Most of those will fail and die over ten years. The new corporations that get started, will increasingly use easier and cheaper web services to incorporate. That's billions of dollars in lawyer revenue wiped out every ten years, from one example service.
emodendroket 12y ago
> I think a better approach would be to revise the legal codex so that it becomes simple enough for individuals to research and lower dependency on professional lawyers. I think this is about as realistic a goal as the Holy Grail of an English-like programming language that's easy for non-programmers to use.