I’m not sure it is always great.
Studies show racism[1] and hunger[2] and can impact sentencing judgments.
> When bugs are discovered in law, they can be retroactively corrected.
How is that different than software?
1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/11/16/black...
2. https://www.theguardian.com/law/2011/apr/11/judges-lenient-b...