What makes these so lengthy? One example is [Maastricht Treaty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maastricht_Treaty) (signed in 1992 that forms the basis of today’s European union) which is hundreds, if not thousands of pages long.
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Because humans are imperfect, and when they negotiate these things they’re trying to make them as clear as possible to avoid ambiguities and misunderstandings that can cause conflicts or loopholes that someone can exploit. And the best way to make them clear is to make them specific, and to make them specific you need to write out a lot of stuff.
Sort of like how early on in Russian history the law just said that “the first male in the ruler’s family becomes the heir to the crown”. Except they didn’t know if “first male” meant “son” or if it could apply to brothers or even uncles…. so it led to some power struggles when the ruler passed away. Writing out specific situations and ways to do things helps avoid crap like that.
It’s still inevitable because there are always still multiple ways to interpret things. But that’s usually why they have committees that are meant to resolve disagreements.
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