How much space, if printed up, would all the laws that apply to me take up?
April 7, 2008 1:46 PM   Subscribe

How much space, if printed up, would all the laws that apply to me take up?

My stats that might or might not be relevant:

Sex: Male
Age: 32
Marital Status: Single
I drive and own a car.
I have one dog.
I am an independent politically.
I live in San Antonio, TX.
I rent an apartment, but am looking for a house to buy soon.
I have less than 10k in savings and 10k in my Roth IRA.
I have 3 credit cards, one Visa, one MasterCard and one American Express.
I make my living as an independent contractor in the home building industry.
In my business, I have no employees, but occasionally do hire someone to do some work for me as a contractor.
I take no prescription drugs and no illegal drugs.
I drink socially, but never drive after drinking.
I am trained in CPR with the Red Cross.
My modes of communication are cell phone, land line, and Internet connection.
My primary sources of entertainment are reading and futzing around on the internet.


We would assume that the paper is letter sized, half inch margins, 20lb (common photocopy paper.) The laws would be printed on both sides of the sheet, single spaced, 12 pt Arial, with 1/2 inch margins.
posted by __ to Law & Government (2 answers total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: I'm a big old sucker for silly math, but this is a pretty ridiculous question right here. -- cortex

 
It's hard for me to understand what you mean by "apply to me." Techincally, every federal and state law "applies" to you. For example, if there is a law about how much tax you must pay on a sailboat, that law applies to you, whether you own a sailboat or not. Are you asking only about those laws that apply to the specific things you list? Because one of the items on the list is "male" which suggests that any law that applies to a man applies to you... I am confusing myself further with this. Perhaps someone else understands better.
posted by prefpara at 1:54 PM on April 7, 2008


Not only do the Federal laws, the State laws, the County laws, and the City ordinances wherever you happen to be at this exact second apply to you, but there's also things like the tax code that apply to you. On top of that, there's all of the judgments and interpretations of those laws that are handed down by rulings (case law) in any jurisdiction applies to you as well.

This is really kind of a stupid question. Too broad.
posted by SpecialK at 1:56 PM on April 7, 2008


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