Kenya’s Most Poetic Court Verdicts (2024) by O. Mogere

Obiri Ombati’s Lawless, Valueless enters this deep and troubled silence with a clarity and bravery that is quite exceptional. Here is a work that is not simply another addition to a long history of criticism of institutions of law, but a constituent questioning of the very terms that must be met before there is any law. Ombati achieves an intellectual archaeological dig that is nothing short of daring: What is hidden at the very foot of our law? Upon what foundation does the towering edifice rest? To respond to these questions, he seeks to create a "masterful" thought experiment of "almost classical purity." To imagine, he asks, "What if there were a world of Societas Legis Absoluta—A Society of the Absolutist of the Law? It could be an absolute system of law," one that was "rationally consistent, free of error in procedure, fully codified." But this law was one that "had no need of moral or ethical content" but instead represented "an ideal of power: the commander," an absolute ruler who was "rational" rather than "moral" or " ethical." BUY AND GET MORE 😎🤏