The function of the law is not to provide justice or to preserve freedom. The function of the law is to keep those who hold power, in power.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Law serves to maintain existing power structures rather than ensure justice.
- In plain terms
- Laws keep the powerful in charge instead of giving freedom or justice.
- What can you take from it?
- Understand law as a tool of power preservation.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who benefits from the law?
- Is justice the goal of law?
Another view
Laws can also protect rights in some contexts.
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