[paulg]

In a recent thread nige1 complained about the WBF "equity" philosophy in the current laws.

By complete coincidence I was reading a magazine discussing the new bridge laws:

"A fundamental change is perceptible; and this should operate solely for the good of the game. Penalties there must be, but the whole emphasis in the new code is on equity rather than legality."

Guess the year when this was written.

[RMB1]

paulg, on 2014-November-11, 02:14, said:

"A fundamental change is perceptible; and this should operate solely for the good of the game. Penalties there must be, but the whole emphasis in the new code is on equity rather than legality."

Guess the year when this was written.

1987? (1975? 1963?? ...)

[gordontd]

The 1987 Laws preface says "the trend towards reducing automatic penalties, evident in the '63 and '75 codes, continues here", so my guess would be 1963. Sven will have the correct answer.

[gnasher]

It's a shame that "whole emphasis" wasn't actually true, or even vaguely close to being true.

[pran]

gordontd, on 2014-November-11, 03:40, said:

The 1987 Laws preface says "the trend towards reducing automatic penalties, evident in the '63 and '75 codes, continues here", so my guess would be 1963. Sven will have the correct answer.

I don't know everything !!!

(But I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out to be the 1935 laws.)

[paulg]

I was reading the editorial of the Contract Bridge Journal from October 1948, available from the English Bridge Web Library. To be fair it relates to the new Rubber Bridge Laws and I've not yet the magazine that discusses the duplicate version.

This edition contains a short commentary on the new laws, for those that are intrigued. For a start it contains the phrase "The Revoke Law has been much simplified and clarified".

[nige1]

paulg, on 2014-November-11, 02:14, said:

In a recent thread nige1 complained about the WBF "equity" philosophy in the current laws. By complete coincidence I was reading a magazine discussing the new bridge laws: "A fundamental change is perceptible; and this should operate solely for the good of the game. Penalties there must be, but the whole emphasis in the new code is on equity rather than legality." Guess the year when this was written.

The laws have changed little over my life-time. IMO, by and large, the WBF legal philosophy is in the interests of administrators, law-makers, directors and professionals but not other players. Perhaps four out of five ain't bad

[gordontd]

nige1, on 2014-November-12, 18:26, said:

The laws have changed little over my life-time. IMO, by and large, the WBF legal philosophy is in the interests of administrators, law-makers, directors and professionals but not other players. Perhaps four out of five ain't bad

Of course all of those groups contain players and it is open to other players to join them.