Sterile legalisms, the fetishism of law - otherwise known as the doctrine of positivism - have emerged as a serious impediment to a world order based on the rule of law, which must also be the rule of justice. (Alfred de Zayas)

Sterile legalisms, the fetishism of law - otherwise known as the doctrine of positivism - have emerged as a serious impediment to a world order based on the rule of law, which must also be the rule of justice.

Alfred de Zayas

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