5 Responses

1. Rule? What rule?

2. 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.

3. 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.”

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

5. They have wheels. They just stopped for a rest! Give them a break…