[Monkeyget]

There is this wonderful article by John Hasnas, "The Myth of the rule of law". It brings a number of very interesting ideas:

* The law is inconsistent and possess contradictory rules. From contradictory premises, sound arguments

* It gives concrete examples of legal cases and how completely opposite judgments could be rendered, both being based on correct use of laws and analysis.

* Laws are not applied impartially, are not neutral, apolitical nor objectively applicable by judges. People who believe they live under "a government of laws and not people" tend to view their nation's legal system as objective and impartial. Obey and subject themselves.

* There is a cognitive dissonance between the laws and the people who make them. People generally believe that the law are generally good and should be obeyed. People generally believe that politicians tend to be corrupt and influenced. The people who make the law cannot be trusted but yet the laws they write should be.