We do our best to review and amend existing laws to keep pace with the changing needs of our society. Sometimes they're simply reworked for clarity because amendments over decades often make the statutes cumbersome to understand, sometimes it's to close loopholes, and so on. Some laws are repealed when they have served their purpose—or in some cases, to remove inconsistencies.
[ Neuvillette knows that ideally, he should keep his knees pressed up against his chest to keep the heat loss to a minimum, but this position isn't a particularly comfortable one in to be in for more than a few minutes at a time—so when the man next to him crosses his legs, he finds himself stretching his own out, his calves tingling a little as circulation returns to them. He definitely isn't used to sitting on anything other than a cushy desk chair or the judge's seat in the Opera Epiclese.
Once Zhongli finishes adjusting his position on the cushion, the Iudex continues. ]
But given sheer size and complexity of Fontaine's legal system and its myriad rules, it can take years or decades for a law to be updated; some archaic laws are still on the books even though they should have been scrapped centuries ago.
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[ Neuvillette knows that ideally, he should keep his knees pressed up against his chest to keep the heat loss to a minimum, but this position isn't a particularly comfortable one in to be in for more than a few minutes at a time—so when the man next to him crosses his legs, he finds himself stretching his own out, his calves tingling a little as circulation returns to them. He definitely isn't used to sitting on anything other than a cushy desk chair or the judge's seat in the Opera Epiclese.
Once Zhongli finishes adjusting his position on the cushion, the Iudex continues. ]
But given sheer size and complexity of Fontaine's legal system and its myriad rules, it can take years or decades for a law to be updated; some archaic laws are still on the books even though they should have been scrapped centuries ago.