Why Justice is More Important than the Rule of Law

Klaus Mladek, Ph.D., is a professor of Comparative Literature and German Studies at Dartmouth College and a Public Voices Fellow with The Op-Ed Project. His research focuses on 18th through 20th-century political theory, literature, and law, philosophy and psychoanalysis. Americans are feeling more and more stressed.  A study last year confirmed that people are most worried about the “Future of the nation” and the “current social divisiveness.”   Most people say this is because the rule of law is being ignored.  But what is the rule of law and how does it relate to justice?  Klaus Mladek explains justice versus the rule of law.