Not neccesarily: A lot of laws have very specific punishments and criteria, making the Judge a formality. If you refer only questionable matters to judges then the average law is still very relevant. EG, A speeding ticket doesn’t require the interaction of a judge unless it gets contested
If judges — as a class — habitually followed their own consequentialist conclusions rather than the law, then statute law would not be very relevant.
Not neccesarily: A lot of laws have very specific punishments and criteria, making the Judge a formality. If you refer only questionable matters to judges then the average law is still very relevant. EG, A speeding ticket doesn’t require the interaction of a judge unless it gets contested
Aren’t a lot of laws about matters where the best consequentialist choice isn’t obvious?