[lbo-talk] lawless

[J. Tyler]

Aren't all societies lawless?  As a lawyer who practices in a
politically charged field, my experience is that courts routinely and
blatantly disregard the "law" (i.e., established principles of general
applicability), which means it can't exist.  Only power exists; and I
assume this holds for all societies.

Bush v. Gore would confirm this as well.  No lawyer who has any
understanding of equal protection doctrine (most do not) could see the
decision as "law."  And it does no good to say that a society "mostly"
has law.  It's like pregnancy.  Either it's there or it isn't.  And it
isn't.


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> Question: Is there such a thing as a lawless society?
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> Discuss.
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> (I hope Carrol is around for this one!)
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