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The trouble with rule of law

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  1. Legal historians will see very a familiar scene here. Laws aren’t just statements made by authorities but must have some social legitimacy. This is a basic point in De Soto’s arguments about property law.

  2. Classic. I saw a similar thing in Freetown, a street you could hardly walk down because of the weight of stalls selling everything from chickens to Chinese DVDs. Above this crowded scene was a British colonial plaque saying “No Hawkers, by order.”

  3. By the way… Where do they get that font for the signs? The police use the same font in Nigeria.

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