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Laws for you and laws for me.

Laws are made to help maintain order and a civil society. Australian and international laws state that everyone is considered equal under the law, and has the right to equal treatment in the institutions and structures of the law so that justice may be served. This however, is often not the case. There are numerous examples where those with enough wealth and power have been able to evade the law. It is true also that the rule of law can be used by the wealthy to ensure that justice is not served. These inconsistencies must be reviewed in order for law to be truly equitable.

One of the most striking examples of the fact that wealth and power are above the law is the current occupation of Iraq. It has been deemed illegal by international courts nevertheless the occupation continues and the international community is powerless to stop it. Ironically, it was the international courts ruling that the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait was illegal that was a......

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