Law is code
Codified legislation of Civl Law jurisdictions vs the disbursed legislation and jurisprudence of Common Law jurisdictions. Even the conventions that form part of the U.K.’s supposedly ‘unwritten constitution’ are organised and interpreted as the Cabinet Manual.

Code is law
PRD vs Git vs product spec. Which is the source of truth? Where is the blame?

If there’s a bug liberal democracies’s code, then you need a patch.