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Whilst I agree with Matt's advice, I disagree that the law is not logical. It is fundamentally logical and shares many of the ideas found in logic: evidence, probability, relevance, reasonableness, precedent, presumption, proof, explanation, plausability, etc. That legal outcomes are not always considered reasonable may be due more to the fallibility of a judge, jury, expert or process. Further, drafting a legal document and programming are not that disimilar.

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You know the expression "security theatre"? My cynical experience is that the part of the legal system that concerns evidence, probability, relevance, reasonableness, precedent, presumption, proof, explanation, plausability, etc is reason theatre.

Although the decision may not always go to the side with the deepest pockets and the most theatrically convincing lawyers, that's the way to bet.

Hello, Raganwald, and welcome to my quotes file.

When you execute a program twice in a row, the same results are expected each time.

When you execute a legal document twice, the same results both times would be fall-out-of-your-chair unexpected.

Even simple, clear-cut legal documents like wills are at best, probability functions.

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