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zelphirkalt • yesterday at 6:14 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

It sucks though, that the law is written in such a way, that most people are better off not reading it themselves, but getting an expert. It says something about our laws.


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pbhjpbhj • yesterday at 8:30 AM

I work in law and tech -- I don't find reading legislation any more difficult than reading tech documents, probably less so. Needing expertise to understand a field seems expected.

Contracts however, yeah, they're often written to be intractable (but they can also have very necessary complexity).

izacus • yesterday at 7:18 AM

That's very deliberate to keep people like the one you're answering to in very profitable business.