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Sure, I think I posted my response not because "it could never solve ANY problems," but instead "way too many non-lawyers, especially techy-non-lawyers, have the deeply misplaced idea that is a very important, perhaps THE most important, problem to solve in the law." It's just not very high on the list at all.

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> It's just not very high on the list at all.

Maybe not for lawyers, no. But as a citizen I'm expected to comply with the law, with many many laws. It'd actually be nice if law was slightly more formally verifiable, so it would be easier for me to understand what to comply with.

Being able to break down clauses into more logical normal forms would probably greatly enhance the possibility of compliance.

It really wouldn't though.

For every bit of gained clarity, you'd also gain a ton of people like the "sovereign whatever" idiots who just love trolling, with the added negative of them having more "formal proof" of their untenable silliness.

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