Why International law sucks (Re: Bombing and terrorism

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

At 01:44 PM 5/17/99 -0400, Charles wrote:
>Like anything else, law has to be analyzed as contradictions, that is
dialectically. These laws are mixtures of progress and backwardness. If you
are saying the statues above are onesidedely backward , I disagree. In
fact, the one historical misuse of due process you mention is not the main
impact of due process. 

Yeap.  And taking specific historical conditions into consideration.  For
example, abortion rights are guaranteed on the basis of the 14th amendment.  
Due process generally is a good thing, even though it is sometimes abused.
Without it, we could essentially throw away our entire judicial system, for
it would be to the police officers who's guilty and what punishment, if
any, should be meted out.  

Wojtek