Lessons from Bosnia — Part 9
Rule of Law
Rule of Law versus Rules and Laws — one of the most fascinating things to look at. Especially if you add: Rules of Law — man alive, a whole solution to world peace in just those.
In this case, I will talk about manmade laws; i.e. the written laws that we come up with. There are other laws, like religious, but one that is all-powerful is the law of nature. All these environmental issues are proof that our laws are not above the laws of nature, and if our laws should go against the laws of nature, or ignore them… Yeah, nature is not going to forgive us. Nature takes her laws really seriously.
Laws of nature were, once upon a time, very popular. Nowadays, we hardly ever mention them. We are much too preoccupied with our own laws. And when we talk about the Rule of Law, it is as if nothing is more important. In practice, this is not so clear.
People respect the laws because of the consequences. The assumption is that everyone wants to stay out of prison. Generally, this is true. However, when we pay more attention to life in prison than life outside of prison, this could change. Not that our prisons shouldn’t be ‘corrective’ facilities. They should. But why do we have to wait for a person to commit a crime before we give him/her opportunities to ‘correct’ themselves? Is it because before a crime, we…