http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2009/04/19/remedies-through-recognition/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:12:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2009/04/19/remedies-through-recognition/comment-page-1/#comment-33516 anon Sat, 18 Dec 2010 01:53:29 +0000 http://www.fordhamlawandculture.org/blog/2009/04/19/remedies-through-recognition/#comment-33516 Without formalism, how could a judge even be imprisoned for bribery? After all, the law is what he says it is, and if he says the law is that people need to go to jail so he gets money, that is the law. Only by the formalistic mechanism of "bribery is illegal for judges" can such a judge be punished. Without formalism, how could a judge even be imprisoned for bribery? After all, the law is what he says it is, and if he says the law is that people need to go to jail so he gets money, that is the law. Only by the formalistic mechanism of “bribery is illegal for judges” can such a judge be punished.

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