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This is not a fault of the law, but of the natural language. If you even assume that for each law it is possible to write an equivalent version that can literally be understood by everybody, how much resources would that take? How hard would it be to introduce future legislation? Then, for each mistake the legislator makes, we end up with a loophole that takes yet again more resources to fix with no guarantee of not introducing new faults.
Writing unambiguous language:
- takes much more resources than plain language
- has no guarantee of success
To avoid all this and still have a workable system the current alternative is to have the legislator and the judiciary as separate powers. Those that make the laws can't twist them in their favor (for instance), and vice versa.