> So is that it then? Is this what anarchists talk
> about when they speak of justice sans government?
I am not so sure that you can characterise the situation in Mexico as
one describing justice WITHOUT government, but more a case of justice
by citizens in the face of what is perceived as lack of justice
provided by government.
Not that I believe this to be good, though. My point is, that the
government simply makes things worse. �Local� justice cannot grow and
mature in to e.g. a system of common law, guided by general principles
and with formal procedures, appeals and defence lawyers and what not �
BECAUSE THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT WOULD NOT ALLOW THAT. They would surely
crack down if any village set up a formal system of justice, even if
this system was far superior to the ad hoc system now used.
So villagers are stuck with the worst of both worlds: a government that
cannot efficiently run a system of justice (or will not, if the reports
of bribery are true) along with a local system of local �justice� that
is not allowed to evolve beyond anything more than a lynching now and
then�
sincerely,
jacob W Braestrup
Denmark
