Two Fridays ago I admitted being out of my depth when I conceded to being “Perplexed by justice”, in this column.
It is always with respect – and some appropriate references – that I approach the phantasmagoria of the law – truly illusory the body of laws can make true justice appear. (Attorneys, judicial officers and arbiters and students and scholars of law will tell you, I bet, that laws exist for the sake of the greater good of society; that even if laws seem to favour the guilty, if they are applied wisely and even–handedly, they benefit everyone in the end. Huh?)
As I attempt my final musings on this lofty subject of justice, I have to ask: does justice have “quality”? Can it be