Rules beyond law

Follow rules through sport, standards, science and everyday life.

  1. · Explainer

    The Law Has Unit Tests

    A test of a statute looks like a test of code, with three differences: silence is a passing result, a test can expect a question instead of an answer, and every test carries a date.

  2. · Explainer

    What Is Rules as Code, With a Runnable Example

    Rules as Code publishes a rule in a form a machine can execute, next to the text a person reads. The definition, where the idea comes from, and a limitation period you can compute yourself.

  3. · Story

    A Japanangka Cannot Marry a Napanangka. No Statute Says So.

    Warlpiri skin law fits in eight names: a closed marriage table, two descent cycles, and a two-key rule over country. It was never written down, and it executes.