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The [[Biggs hoson]] is the threshold in legal markup theory of ''[[lexophysics]]'' beyond which any proposed amendment is ''syntactically'' safe: it cannot make any legal or commercial difference to the arrangements, but has enough formal significance so as not to be completely humiliating to ask for it, meaning that counsel can supplement what would otherwise be a meagre living entertaining such fripperies in the name of professionalism and commitment to the craft. So, checking [[football team]]s for punctuation, inserting [[counterparts]] clauses, preparing closing agendas and bible tables of contents and, in Biggs’ famous example, removing the bold from a [[full stop]]. | The [[Biggs hoson]] is the threshold in legal markup theory of ''[[lexophysics]]'' beyond which any proposed amendment is ''syntactically'' safe: it cannot make any legal or commercial difference to the arrangements, but has enough formal significance so as not to be completely humiliating to ask for it, meaning that counsel can supplement what would otherwise be a meagre living entertaining such fripperies in the name of professionalism and commitment to the craft. So, checking [[football team]]s for punctuation, inserting [[counterparts]] clauses, preparing closing agendas and bible tables of contents and, in Biggs’ famous example, removing the bold from a [[full stop]]. | ||
Even beyond ''totally'' pointless amendments, there are certain mark-up techniques that approach “asymptotic safety” as Weinberg envisaged it — they are not ''logically'' safe, but are ''practically'' safe — the events so far down the probability tail that, if they come about, no-one will think to blame the person drafting for unwanted consequence. So, [[entire agreement]] clauses, [[no oral modification]] provisions, [[force majeure]] elaborations; doubt avoidance. | Even beyond ''totally'' pointless amendments, there are certain mark-up techniques that approach “asymptotic safety” as Weinberg envisaged it — they are not ''logically'' safe, but are ''practically'' safe — the events so far down the probability tail that, if they come about, no-one will think to blame the person drafting for unwanted consequence. So, [[entire agreement]] clauses, [[no oral modification]] provisions, [[force majeure]] elaborations; [[for the avoidance of doubt|doubt avoidance]], and — as in the illustrated panel — a good hearty blizzard of nouns and adjectives to stand in for words like “legally”. | ||
We shouldn’t laugh: this penumbra of practically but not theoretical safety vouches safe an entire industry of [[AI]]-powered [[NDA]] reading [[legaltech]] offerings. And where would be without them? | |||
Don’t answer that. | |||
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*[[Biggs hoson]] | *[[Biggs hoson]] | ||
*[[Counterparts]] | *[[Counterparts]] | ||