Are theoretical questions about legal systems on topic?

Question

Are theoretical questions about legal process on-topic for the main site?

For example, I am curious about the inevitable complexity that follows the precedent system in the common law. If I were to ask about it, would it be on topic? If it's not, what if I asked a question how such complexity is handled by various legal systems which utilize the common law? Would that be too theoretical?

Answer 1

There are tags on the main site that would seem appropriate for those types of questions. You might peruse the questions under those to get a sense of what sorts of theoretical questions have gotten good ratings and good answers in the past:

• legal-theory
• legal-concepts
• common-law

However, as on all Stack Exchanges, questions that are too broad and questions that are too vague to admit good answers might be closed.