The Laws evolved as a simple shell, with what should be called ultimately "in the opinion of the referee"--that was part of the definition of a foul. The referee was expected to undertand the game and act in the spirit of the game. The advent of television replays--growing in hihg-def and slow mo, along wth the ability to quickly draw lines and so forth has (IMO) been part of the fuel towards the departure from a short, concept based set of Laws to a more didactic and expansive set of Laws, aiming at greater consistency. And VAR has been steroids to that trend. I don't think there is any way back--pandora's box is open.