Why are contracts written so poorly?
moeffju: Maybe people could just agree on a canon of shorthand phrases (in clear english) that expand to legalese mumbo-jumbo. Then slap a huge disclaimer "this document uses ClearContract[tm] shorthand" on.Seriously though, this problem is not limited to contracts. Most of the law is written in a convoluted way, because there's so much legacy code in there, and also because codifying real life is just such a complex undertaking.