The Weaponization of Law
Preface
For as long as I can remember, I have been struck by the gap between what we are told law is and what it actually does. We are taught that law is a shield, a safeguard, a neutral arbiter standing above politics and power. Yet history tells a different story - one in which legal systems repeatedly emerge as instruments of hierarchy, centralisation, and control.
This series traces that story from its earliest roots to the present day, within the context of the legal system of England and #Wales. It is not a nostalgic journey, nor a call to return to any earlier legal era. Every system of the past had its virtues and its failures. Instead, this is an exploration of the structure of law itself: how it forms, who it serves, and why it so often fails to deliver the justice it promises.
Part-1
https://open.substack.com/pub/clarewillsharrison/p/the-weaponisation-of-law
Part-2
https://open.substack.com/pub/clarewillsharrison/p/the-weaponisation-of-law-6b5
@lawyersoflight
#UK #Law
Preface
For as long as I can remember, I have been struck by the gap between what we are told law is and what it actually does. We are taught that law is a shield, a safeguard, a neutral arbiter standing above politics and power. Yet history tells a different story - one in which legal systems repeatedly emerge as instruments of hierarchy, centralisation, and control.
This series traces that story from its earliest roots to the present day, within the context of the legal system of England and #Wales. It is not a nostalgic journey, nor a call to return to any earlier legal era. Every system of the past had its virtues and its failures. Instead, this is an exploration of the structure of law itself: how it forms, who it serves, and why it so often fails to deliver the justice it promises.
Part-1
https://open.substack.com/pub/clarewillsharrison/p/the-weaponisation-of-law
Part-2
https://open.substack.com/pub/clarewillsharrison/p/the-weaponisation-of-law-6b5
@lawyersoflight
#UK #Law