Such a weird notion, as if there would never be a reason to review laws, to make new laws and discard old ones, as if there would never be a situation in which law would have to be interpreted because just laws can't be rigid and black and white. As if a society that constantly incorporates new, widely different beings and societies into it's fold wouldn't have to actively and constantly work on its laws to stay fair.
This is why "Gene's vision" is such a weaksauce defense. In this case his vision was build on undercooked worldbuilding, because he apparently thought lawyer=defense lawyer=criminals, and didn't even think about all the other things lawyers might concern themselves with.
It's also contradictory to previous stuff like The Ensigns of Command where it's stated that the treaty with the Sheliak required the work of 372 legal experts of the Federation. That's lawyers, isn't it? Or are we to understand that these were all layman law enthusiasts?
