[econ]

Imagine we had a versioned database with all the laws from all countries where one could compare them side by side. We could begin to understand the mood or spirit of each effort.

Law makers wouldn't need to pretend they are doing something unique.

You might do the same with all infrastructure projects. They can't all be cheap. Half should more expensive than average. It should be fascinating to see where the extra money is going.

Some goes towards corruption, some into incompetence but there should also be plenty of praise worthy efforts.

It seems we have the tools to do such things now without breaking the bank.

Think of the law as a truly outdated code base. Why would you do a rewrite you ask? Because we've learned a thing or two along the way?

[lambertsimnel]

> Imagine we had a versioned database with all the laws from all countries where one could compare them side by side. We could begin to understand the mood or spirit of each effort.

It would be good. There have been some attempts at source code style revision management for statutes (such as https://www.lafabriquedelaloi.fr/ ). Are they a useful start? What should be the next step?

[az09mugen]

I like the idea, especially the amendments you can visualize almost like a commit tree. They should add something to search like the oldest laws which often are deprecated and useless, in order to help get rid of them.

Last but not least, it is to maintain this website, last updates seem to be from 2022. But I can't manage to imagine if it's a lot of work or not.

[econ]

Get more people involved to lower the bus factor and get people to pay for it. Coordinate with different countries?

Do what you enjoy or think meaningful.