> It seems like some people want to figure out laws for everything - literally every. last. thing. If we have enough laws there won't ever be another problem, or so it seems.

Something to think about - the number of anti-corruption laws on the books of a given country/state/city is a reliable proxy for how much corruption is there. The reason being, non-corrupt jurisdictions don't need those laws.

There is a very real (but arguably small) problem with phasing out laws which have long outlived their usefulness. These occasionally get used as a sneaky way to either escape prosecution, or prosecute someone who otherwise has done nothing wrong by modern standards.