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From: jjchew@utcs.UUCP (John Chew)
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Subject: Re: long live lawyer ;-)
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Date: Wed, 30-Jan-85 12:44:06 EST
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In article <1244@ut-ngp.UUCP> kjm@ut-ngp.UUCP (Ken Montgomery) writes:
> We should insist that the legal codes, regulations, etc., of ALL of the
> various branches of government *taken together* should be small enough
> to fit in one book no larger than a dictionary.  (We could take the cost
> of printing updated versions out of the congresscritters' salaries.)
> Thus it would not be very difficult for almost everyone to understand
> the entirety of the law.
> 
> Ken Montgomery  "Shredder-of-hapless-smurfs"
> ...!{ihnp4,allegra,seismo!ut-sally}!ut-ngp!kjm  [Usenet, when working]
> kjm@ut-ngp.ARPA  [for Arpanauts only]

It's a good idea, but not original.  The Swedes have been doing that for
decades.
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university of toronto computing services:  john j. chew, iii
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