Can we reword the code of laws?

[Togas]

Originally posted by civman2000
I think that even though we shouldnt change the original CoL, parts of the CoL (including amendments) that have been altered or removed should be in italics.

I absolutely agree. All we need is a system to denote what has been added, changed, and deleted from the original.

That's how it's done in the legal world. When the legislature rewrites laws, they actually rewrite them. We get new volumes of the law every freakin' year. The new volumes show changes with italics and strikethroughs, with parenthesis at the end to denote if the language was added or amended, by whom, and when.

The original Constitution should be kept somewhere by someone (Historian?), but let's not get all nastalgic about it. It's a system of law that surely can and will be improved.

--Togas

[Timeline]

ba BOOM!

And reword takes the lead

[Will 5001]

Originally posted by Kramerman
I would be fine wih rewording the CoL, as long as we keep a pristine copy of the original

That is the job of the historians, maybe we should reword the constitution to put that in the historians job description!! . There is nothing wrong with making the constitution neater

[Proserpine]

I missed this poll, I think. But, fwiw I think we should have a "consolidated" version of the CoL, including all current amendments - otherwise it gets difficult to know what is the current law.

[Timeline]

OMG!!!

It ended in a tie ROFL!!!!!!!!!

[kring]

Didn't the other poll do better?

[civman2000]

lol tied!