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Originally Posted by eschwartz
U.S. 
It may be that there are places where the "intent" of the law is enforceable, but I don't really consider that to be lawful. 
I cannot imagine the horror of living in a place where the "law" is that arbitrarily dependent on whatever the politicians say it is -- and then have it apply retroactively.
If they can explain the intent in court proceedings, they should've used that explanation as the text of the law.  |
Different law system works in different ways and have different pros and cons. The advantage to let courts make interpretations is that they then can handle situation that were not predicted. So therefore the laws are not written overly specific and the courts can use the reasoning and motivation for the law when applying it to a new situation.