[MadIvan]

There is a great way to simplify/rationalize the traditional legal system. And it was invented by the same people who invented elegant metric system and the idea of the constitution - by the French.

How about this - how about getting the laws back to the intent of the Founders, rather than going off on a frankly bizarre French tangent as you suggest.

Ivan

[A. Pole]

How about this - how about getting the laws back to the intent of the Founders, rather than going off on a frankly bizarre French tangent as you suggest.

I am sure that the Founders would LOVE to introduce the French codex system same way as they did with the French idea of constitution. But the codex system spread in XIX century - too late for them.

I do not think that adding another patch to the ancient law derived from the tribal and feudal times will do much good.

Think kilograms and meters, not the pounds and inches, man!