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{{agency paradox capsule}} | {{agency paradox capsule}} | ||
Examples abound. The JC, because he is [[sloth|lazy]] is an | Examples abound. The JC, because he is [[sloth|lazy]], is an compulsive ''simplifier''. There is not a [[contract]] in the world, he is fond of saying, that could not be half the length it is. | ||
This is hardly a controversy: you will find any practising lawyer to whom you make this observation in violent, general, agreement. So too, the Law Society, any regulatory body you care to mention, and many of the world’s legislators. The [[SEC]] has written an [https://www.sec.gov/pfd/handbook.pdf impassioned tract] imploring prospectus writers to be brief. The European Commission won’t let you even market securities unless you are [[K.I.I.D.|curt to the point of bluntness]]. | This is hardly a controversy: you will find any practising lawyer to whom you make this observation in violent, general, agreement. So too, the Law Society, any regulatory body you care to mention, and many of the world’s legislators. The [[SEC]] has written an [https://www.sec.gov/pfd/handbook.pdf impassioned tract] imploring prospectus writers to be brief. The European Commission won’t let you even market securities unless you are [[K.I.I.D.|curt to the point of bluntness]]. | ||