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Where does this idea that all law is enforced by police come from? Why is it so prevalent on HN?
by DanBC 6y ago
Where does this idea that all law is enforced by police come from? Why is it so prevalent on HN?
- flyingfences 6y agoBecause it is: it's either enforced by the police, or by some other group that will fall back to calling the police if you don't go along with their enforcement.
- kube-system 6y agoThat's unequivocally false. For example: there are many legal concepts which are not a crime to disobey (and therefore there is no criminal reason for police to be involved) and/or it is not in the jurisdiction of any police force.
- DanBC 6y agoPossibly that's true in the US, but it's completely false in many other parts of the world. In England there's a bunch of stuff that has no police involvement. Debt or tenancy are the two biggest areas.
- DC1350 6y agoIf there’s no force behind the law then it’s just a suggestion
- kube-system 6y agoNot all legal constructs are practical, possible, or necessary to be enforced. And even for those that are enforced, not all necessarily need to be enforced by physical force.