Mr. E wrote:At some point can law impede justice?
I understand that there has to be some standards, but I don't want my legal system to be defined by cookie cutter concepts.
Abso-freaking-lutely.
Every law is a rule. Rules work [somewhat] well with computers, not so much with people.
In both cases, the KISS principle applies (or if you prefer ironic emphasis, the KISYFM principle).
If no one can know the law, the law has failed.
If the law has loopholes, exploits, negative application, or requires being hyperdetailed (compounded loopholes), the law has failed.
(If the law makes its implementers and enforcers more money, it has succeeded!!!!!!!!)[/cynic]In the end, there will always be people relying on people to both figure out what's most just and actually do it, but that concept can't be allowed to exist freely in a responsibility-removing paternalistic bureaucracy (precursor to the Drunken and Possibly Coked-up Arbitrary-Pistol-firing Stepbureaucracy).
Per political questions, I could happily go on for hours, but I'll spare us both
Morey 2020.
Q:How are they experts when they're always wrong?
A:Ask a stock market analyst or your financial advisor
