Still, we can identify its purposes: law
both sets behavioral standards and sets up a system for compliance with them.
Within the
reach of a legal system, we are on notice that we must meet its standards or risk penalty.
Chances are we were not directly involved in the making of the rules—we may even
disagree strongly with them—but we understand that the legal system shadows us
anyway. It may be the closest we can get to a shared reality.