[quote="Beathan":29bwxwbs]Ash writes [quote:29bwxwbs]More complicated linguistically or in practice? [/quote:29bwxwbs]
Well, that is hard to answer given that we have no practice. I would say that it is procedurally more complicated and is harder to read than the Codes I am used to (although comparable to the English Code I read as linked by Ash some time ago).
This might arise from the inherent American drive to "Keep it Simple Stupid" -- or, as I put it, to have laws that even a judge can understand. I am willing to grant that English judges, like English people in general, might be more able to speak and understand the English language than are Americans. After all, in the words of Henry Higgins, speaking of English, "In America they haven't spoken it in years."
That said, we are a commuity of many nations. We need a Code that does not privilege the unique abilities and talents of any one of them.[/quote:29bwxwbs]
Actually, I have gone to great pains to avoid technical language in our Code, and, where it must be used, I define it precisely using common register words. Unlike your US Federal code, therefore, people unfamilliar with specific legal terminology are at no disadvantage providing that they actually read it.
[quote:29bwxwbs]Further, I don't see complications as features of a program. I see them as bugs. I'm an American -- I need people to keep things simple or I get lost.[/quote:29bwxwbs]
So, you write all your letters in Notepad, do you, or else you get lost in the features of MS Word?