“Further, an law that requires that a group of lawyers vote on it to determine its meaning is worthless by definition.”
I think you hit the jackpot. It’s only worthless to us it’s a winner for lawyers.
If the reasonable man, of common law fame, can’t understand it it shouldn’t be made into a law.
“If the reasonable man, of common law fame, can’t understand it it shouldn’t be made into a law.”
This was pretty much the express objective of Napoleon with the Code Civile of 1804. He wanted a body of law that any reasonably competent citizen could comprehend and rely upon. He considered the civil code to be his most significant achievement, and indeed it has proven to be so.
If the reasonable man, of common law fame, can’t understand it it shouldn’t be made into a law.