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Re:The Age of Cretinism by repolfx on Monday August 13, 2018 @10:37AM (#17750404)
It can also describe improving society by repealing bad laws, so presumably no. Reform does not equal writing new laws.
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Re:The Age of Cretinism by ben_w on Monday August 13, 2018 @10:56AM (#17750561)
I had thought all repeals were also laws? The Wikipedia page says this of the USA, but is more ambiguous about my own country (UK, for now).
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Re:The Age of Cretinism by repolfx on Monday August 13, 2018 @11:01AM (#17750605)
No. You can't delete a law by making a law, that's obviously a contradiction.

All repeals are acts of Parliament. However, Acts are essentially diffs to the existing body of law. If you read one you'll see they're full of "insert paragraph X after paragraph Y" type language. An act that repealed a law would just be an act that stated such-and-such a paragraph in the law was to be erased.

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