>That's fascinating. It sounds like the system works as long as the judge really is an honest broker, and above corruption. The issue is human rights and those

>That's fascinating. It sounds like the system works as long as the judge really is an honest broker, and above corruption. The issue is human rights and those who need it. People who do not believe in religion, women who want equal freedoms as men, lgbt people who don't want to be executed, etc. Theocracies like any authoritarian dictatorship can "work" in providing the basic needs of it's devoted citizens.