Contract Law. Quite brightened up an otherwise dull 3rd year Aero Eng course at QMC, that did! Karsales (Harrow) ltd v. Wallace 1956 - and, of course, Carlill v The Carbolic Smoke Ball Company 1891! Much more fun than trying to understand entropy and enthalpy!
Even the Eurobabble of JARs is easier to comprehend for the average person than the tortuous prose of the ANO.
Given that even the average educated lay person has difficulty in understanding the ANO due to its total lack of plain English, the old CAA argument of 'It is regulated by ANO Article blah' is perhaps almost reason in itself for a good defence, were one to fall foul of some obscure piece of legislation contained therein. Because the ANO might as well be written in Albanian, for all the sense it makes to many.
Which is why we are so lucky to have mates like Flying Lawyer and FNG around on PPRuNe to clarify matters pertaining thereto....
We (the CAA and I) recently drafted the new NPPL re-validation and renewal proposals. As written by me, it took up only a few lines. But as needed in the ANO, it will doubtless occupy many paragraphs, sub-paragraphs and include difficult-to-follow cross-referencing.
(PS - Are you still up for 8 May, Tudor? Pse see your private e-mails)
Enjoy quaffing claret in chambers, or whatever you legal chaps do at luncheon!