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> In liberal democracies, we expect our representatives to pass only laws that have low ambiguity

Do we really?

UK law is full considerations like what would a ‘reasonable’ person do.

Also full of terms that are ambiguous - loitering for example.



UK, just like the US, legal system is a Common Law system.

They are bound by history, with all of the caveats that come from that system.

Most of liberal democracies use Civil Law system, where it's a lot more prescriptive in the laws themselves.


Jeez, no kidding. Think about criminal sentencing guidelines. Not all circumstances are the same.




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