I think the legal system is fundamentally different than other systems like scientific research, but people think they are similar.

If you sort of say the motivation of the scientific system is to discover "truth", looking back at history you might discover there were a bunch of course corrections to address problems where we fooled ourselfs.

In the same way, I can imagine some course corrections in the legal system to address "externalities" that prevent some problems from being solved.

The corporation was probably the most important invention of all time.

I wonder if similar legal fictions might solve the tragedy of the commons and other problems.

I was told once "Remember. We have a legal system, not a justice system".

I don't think anyone can say we shouldn't try to solve that problem.