While such a system might resolve our current problem in which every dispute ultimately ends up in court, it might well lead to a worse scenario (which precisely written bureaucratese, for all its problems, is usually pretty good at avoiding) in which vague language gives bureaucrats, with very limited (if any) direct accountability to the people, have the power to make bad decisions without justification. Just look at the Florida mess, in which poorly written laws essentially allowed the Florida Supreme Court and the US Supreme Court to (arguably) interpret the laws in a partisan fashion, leaving few satisfied with the result. If the judicial system has this kind of problem, can you imagine the law in the hands of (usually) less capable appointed bureaucrats? The preferable solution might well be more intelligent lawmakers, but that's unlikely without campaign finance reform to reduce corruption and a better educated voting public, which may never happen.
Nevertheless, I don't know enough about the law to seriously dispute the author's point, only some basic background knowledge. I only say all this to point out that the author does a good job raising issues worth thinking about in an entertaining fashion.
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