Commentary
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., once opined, “The first requirement of a sound body of law, is that it should correspond with the actual feelings and demands of the community.” In a related way, there is a Latin phrase inscribed on the wall above the dais in the California State Assembly chambers which reads, “Legislatorum Est Justas Leges Condere” or “It is the duty of Legislators to make just laws.” Laws are less likely to be just if they are remotely administered in a way distasteful to the community for whom they are meant.
