Can anyone explain a moral or philosophical reason why it is 'fairer' that the law is applied to the letter and not the spirit?
Interpretation of the statutes is often not clear at all. For example, this is something along the lines of what I suspect you'd like to see. There is lots of relevant stuff linked from there that will keep you busy for a while.
Interpretation of the statutes is often not clear at all. For example, this is something along the lines of what I suspect you'd like to see. There is lots of relevant stuff linked from there that will keep you busy for a while.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_rule_(law)