Clarity requirement for all British laws

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  1. The reason that so much of our law is applied haphazardously by the courts is that it is sloppily drafted by parliament, leaving judges to try to work out what was intended by our legislators. This is suboptimal and results in accusations of judicial bias.

  2. Ignorance of the law is not a defence, yet as a result of sloppily drafted laws it is becoming increasingly difficult for the British public to know exactly what behaviour is legal and what is illegal. This is also suboptimal, and leads to public discontent.

To address these issues, it should be a requirement that all English and Scottish laws - new and existing - be tested for clarity, and those laws failing the clarity test either redrafted to eliminate ambiguity, or repealed.

This test could be performed easily and quickly using AI.

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Firstly, AI should not have a place in government. It is nothing more than somewhat complex computer code. It does not understand human language on a semantic level, and it is entirely unaccountable.

Secondly, this would require courts examining laws and repealing them against the will of Parliament, or would require Parliament to bind itself, something it cannot do.

Instead, the better solution is to have more jury trials and use juries as triers of fact and to find the reasonable interpretation of the law.

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AI as a flagging tool would be useful.

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All laws should be placed on the statute books for a limited and stated time. At the end of the stated time, the laws are removed from the statue books, unless, they are reviewed, extended or modified.