Defending the Law
Notes on positivism, Radbruch and Hart, and what it means to defend private and public legality — written for builders.
Law for Software Developers
Ongoing knowledge base / learning series — not a completed book.
An ongoing knowledge base translating legal concepts into the language of software engineering.
Overview
Law for Software Developers is an open-source knowledge base, not a finished book. It documents legal ideas software developers should understand — using engineering analogies, architecture impact, and practical checklists. The curriculum and articles live on GitHub and will keep growing.
Problem
Developers regularly hit contracts, privacy, IP, and liability, but legal writing is rarely framed in terms engineers already use.
What I built
Each topic follows a Developer Translation Framework: what it is, why it exists, why a developer should care, real-world and software examples, architecture impact, common mistakes, and a checklist. Study notes and articles are added as I learn.
My contribution
- Set up the repository structure, framework, and initial articles from legal study notes.
Technologies
- Markdown
- GitHub
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Legal reasoning habits and exercises, mapped to how developers already think about systems, edge cases, and evidence.
Eight Principles of the Rule of Law
Fuller's legality checklist, translated into something software developers can use when they design rules into systems.