It's simply not possible to write any set of rules that covers each and every possible situation over an endless period of time - if for no other reason than the limits of language.
That's why the "master's" get the respect, and why the AHJ is not some committee meeting in a hotel room someplace.
Forget the techno-babble. All anyone can do is be prepared to persuade twelve of their neighbors that they made the right call.
