When Legalism Enables Lawlessness - In the late 1930s, Ernst Fraenkel, a German-Jewish lawyer, developed a theory that has surprising resonance today. In Fraenkel’s theory, called the Dual State, a totalitarian society is propped up by two interlocking halves: One half enshrines and enforces legal order, while the other arbitrarily exercises power free of legal constraint. The first half provides the veneer of legality necessary for the second to operate without produci... ow.ly/2SwCJA
Posted on: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 00:04:29 +0000
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