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Justice comes from the need for social morality. Law books are only a means to express this morality. If society thinks something should or should not be done,
by rjprins 17y ago
Justice comes from the need for social morality. Law books are only a means to express this morality.
If society thinks something should or should not be done, or a punishment is too harsh or too light, then the law should be changed.
Since we're all part of society, all our opinions matter.
Unless you were talking in the cynical sense that only the opinions of the powerful really matter.
- tptacek 17y agoNo, I meant it in the sense that we have the rule of law in this country, and I didn't understand how the original commenter thought his opinions factored into a case that had been decided as a matter of "fact". Opinions about the reasonableness of the law are one thing. But opinions about whether the defendant here was actually found liable are another: she had a trial, she had vigorous defense, and both a district and appellate hearing found the industry's version of the facts more compelling.
- rms 17y agoThe rule of law is undermined in our country because the laws themselves are not on trial.