Law And Politics

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most limited, nonoppressive, just, and enduring, government imaginable – whatever its political form might be. Under such an administration, everyone would understand that they possessed all the privileges as well as all the responsibilities of their existence. No one would have any alliance with the government. When successful we would not have to thank the politicians for our success (Donald). Moreover, conversely, we would no more think of blaming them for our misfortune than would the farmers blame them for a poor harvest due to inclement weather.
Unfortunately, law by no means confines itself to its proper functions. The law has gone further than this; it has acted in direct opposition to its own purpose. The law has been used to destroy its own objective. It has been applied to annihilating the justice that it is supposed to maintain; to limiting and destroying rights, which its real purpose was to respect. It has converted lawful defense into a crime, in order to ...

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