Topic > Legal Civilization - 856

All law derives from a single source of order. In a time of anarchy and chaos a man brought from the top of a mountain two stone tablets from which all laws branch. Those two tablets, the Ten Commandments, were supposed to be the seeds of a legitimate civilization. Those seeds have since become the roots of modern humanity. A prime example of this is the United States government. The phrase "In God we trust"; it is imprinted on every legal tender currency and on most documentation. The purpose of law and government is to "protect"; the people, but the fact that punishment must be imposed only illustrates the fact that it does not protect. Punishment is imposed only after harmful actions have been carried out against society. In order for punishment and legal intervention to be applied, there must first be a crime or action that it is the government's responsibility to prevent from taking place. When the law is enforced, the government has already failed to protect the individual; punishment will do nothing to help the victim after they have been victimized. The law, in truth, does not prevent such behavior; he only deals with it once it has occurred. The law does nothing to prevent socially harmful behavior, so it does not protect according to the principles established in social contract theory. Why then, in such a modern civilization, do we have vigilantes? The answer is simple. The fact is, although humanity has made progress, the law has not kept pace ...