See, a just world is a sane world.

HBO Chernobyl, episode 1 (1:23:45)

When I looked in dictionary for definition of the term “just”, I saw different definitions or synonyms for the term. For example, reasonable, proper, righteous, lawful et al. So is law all these things? My answer ir kinda straightforward – no, and it’s not supposed to be.

In my mind, law is meant to control and regulate society. Of course, regulations should not be used as a way to oppress people, but laws should not always side with people, too. In the end, laws should come from people to people. For it to happen, society should be the one to control the law, that’s why we have institutions and organizations, that oversee law application process. Because when only one person or group is in charge of overseeing things, those things are actually controlled by their subjective views and personal interests.

For example, even holocaust or mass deportations in Soviet Union, were legal at the time. Now we look at these events as horrendous and inhuman, but then again – they were legal. This is what happens with the use of law, when one person or group makes them. If we take just law as righteous law, then did all the terrible events during history were just? No, they weren’t, but they were legal decisions.

Every person judges things subjectively, that’s why law can never be just. Because, one right thing for one individual, is one wrong thing for other individual. This is the reason why law can’t never be just, it can only try to be objective for the situation, without being over the top.