“Law reflects but in no sense determines the moral worth of a
society. The values of a reasonably just society will reflect
themselves in a reasonably just law. The better the society, the
less law there will be. In heaven there will be no law, and the
lion shall lie down with the lamb. The values of an unjust
society will reflect themselves in an unjust law. The worse the
society, the more law there will be. In hell there will be
nothing but law, and due process will be meticulously observed.”
―Grant Gilmore, The Ages of American Law (Storrs Lectures 1977)
(Professor of Law, Yale Law School)