The saying is very nice and all, but the unfortunate truth is that the law is often unclear, and you sometimes don't know what it means until a judge says so. The French civil law system is slightly more clear on that point than the Anglosphere common law, which is worse because it explicitly puts court rulings above written statutes. When it sometimes takes years for courts to reach a final decision, it's a bit taking the piss to claim that "everybody should know the law".
Biting the hand that feeds IT
