I think the opposite is true here. Inspector Javer will always make it his career and his life to chase Jean Valjean. It doesn't matter whether there's 5 laws or 50000.
There are certain people in the world like this. There always have been. Unfortunately, they seem to be drawn to law enforcement. The best any system can hope for is to minimize their impact. I do agree that our current system does a very poor job of it.
A better system would be for education and compliance programs instead of imprisonment. It costs about $40k/year to keep someone in prison. Surely it should cost less to teach them how to do things on the up and up (which would be easier if the law was navigable.)
There are certain people in the world like this. There always have been. Unfortunately, they seem to be drawn to law enforcement. The best any system can hope for is to minimize their impact. I do agree that our current system does a very poor job of it.