People who aren’t cops also harbor plenty of unusual conceptions of justice, which is why we have attempted to formalize and codify essential aspects of justice

People who aren’t cops also harbor plenty of unusual conceptions of justice, which is why we have attempted to formalize and codify essential aspects of justice in the law. The cops are supposed to be informed of, enforce, and of course abide by the law. Lawfare now featuring prominently in the US suggests that in practice we have now reached far higher levels of abstract guile and malfeasance than what is indicated here.