but a set of agreements that don’t have the power of law.
Rule of law is about having a culture of respect for law as a legitimate product of democratic institutions. If law is only real to you because it’s “real” in the sense of boots, batons and assault rifles, the ‘power’ you are interested in is not the power of law.
Rule of law is about having a culture of respect for law as a legitimate product of democratic institutions
Law is a product of the government beating the shit out of people who break its rules. Since there’s no world government, international law doesn’t really exist.
Enforcement is an inseparable part of the rule of law. If laws aren’t enforced at all, your “laws” aren’t anything more than moral judgments. If laws aren’t enforced equally, you don’t have a “rule” of law so much as a set of state-sanctioned persecutions.
There’s a lot more to the topic than just enforcement, but to claim enforcement is anything but a crucial part of the mix is nonsensical.
Rule of law is about having a culture of respect for law as a legitimate product of democratic institutions. If law is only real to you because it’s “real” in the sense of boots, batons and assault rifles, the ‘power’ you are interested in is not the power of law.
Law is a product of the government beating the shit out of people who break its rules. Since there’s no world government, international law doesn’t really exist.
Enforcement is an inseparable part of the rule of law. If laws aren’t enforced at all, your “laws” aren’t anything more than moral judgments. If laws aren’t enforced equally, you don’t have a “rule” of law so much as a set of state-sanctioned persecutions.
There’s a lot more to the topic than just enforcement, but to claim enforcement is anything but a crucial part of the mix is nonsensical.