Laws are written so that the common man can't understand them. When the common man can't understand the law he can neither know why he's breaking the law nor easily defend himself in court.
It's all a hustle for lawyers and ultimately governments to get paid while imprisoning poorer people.

Thats not the goal furthermore the common man struggles to read a news article with full comprehension let alone legal papers. If people read more often they wouldn't be as challenged. All that is a choice especially in modern day. Like a lot of other things reading well and comprehension takes practice. People bypass this shyt or only do it when they are forced to in school thus limiting themselves.