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There's more nuance to this. Take the UK, for example (if only because it's what I'm familiar with). The government, in recent times, attempted to create new la
by EliRivers 7y ago
There's more nuance to this. Take the UK, for example (if only because it's what I'm familiar with). The government, in recent times, attempted to create new laws and got shot down. New laws denied. It may be the case that government makes laws, but (in many places) they still need permission to do so.
Laws also survive governments; subsequent governments have at times tried to remove existing laws, and been shot down in the attempt. While there's a clear link twixt government and law, they're not (in many places) the same thing; they are separate.
- BurningFrog 7y agoSorry, I should have been more precise. I used "government" as meaning all branches of government as a whole. I don't disregard the advantages of dividing power between executive, legislative and judicial branches. That dilution of centralized power is important. But at the end of the day, when the branches has come to agreement, it's still a sovereign entity that does whatever it wants.