Laws are not similar to code. Laws are abstract and their implementation requires non-deterministic judgement and interpretation, which is why we have judges. T

Laws are not similar to code. Laws are abstract and their implementation requires non-deterministic judgement and interpretation, which is why we have judges. They are the terrain of the game through which the modern trial-by-(lawyerly)-combat is performed. That game more closely resembles Mao than it does Go.