I don’t like “it is up to the judge to interpret the law”. To me, that means different judges could rule differently on a case, regardless what the law says.
I don’t like “it is up to the judge to interpret the law”. To me, that means different judges could rule differently on a case, regardless what the law says.
Yes, that's a very real problem. In theory they have to interpret it according to precedent, but sometimes there is no precedent, or they decide that it's "not the same" for some reason...
But *somebody* has to decide what the law means, if the law is going to exist at all.
I don’t like “it is up to the judge to interpret the law”. To me, that means different judges could rule differently on a case, regardless what the law says.
Yes, that's a very real problem. In theory they have to interpret it according to precedent, but sometimes there is no precedent, or they decide that it's "not the same" for some reason...
But *somebody* has to decide what the law means, if the law is going to exist at all.