Once upon a time, there were two courts on this planet: the court of law and the court of equity. As the years went by, the line between the two blurred. For good or evil, the court of equity which embraces flexible discretion, gradually evolved into the court of law (here we mean common law), which respects precedent and certainty. [1] Imagine your state parliament (perhaps a little authoritarian) has just introduced a new law, the Fasting Act 2023. It stipulates that ev
