Scientific Legislation: The Use of Cybernetics and Software Engineering Knowledge to Explain What Legislation Is, How It Behaves and How It Should be Designed, … Maintained and Replaced. (English Edition)

This book is a scientific explanation based on control systems theory (cybernetics) as to how the law and, in particular, legislation behaves. It explains systems theory and cybernetics and explains legislation as a control system obeying the laws of cybernetics. It then applies to legislation the knowledge of the software engineers, advanced technicians in the design of large-scale sets of instructions. The book examines such concepts as: algorithmic and heuristic control, analogue and digital control, fine-grained and coarse-grained control, discretionary control, simplicity, complexity, function, structure, top-down design, reliability, uncertainty, requisite variety and feedback. It explains design qualities for legislation, how it should be maintained, how it “ages” and when it should be replaced. The book goes beyond a theoretical work; containing much that can be practically applied in the development of government policy and in the drafting of legislation.