ABSTRACT
Walk around the streets in a country new to you. No soldiers with rifles on the ready. Few police to exert civic control, the latter generally left to the self-discipline of the citizens. News-stands full of daily journals and weekly magazines, including some that criticize the politicians in power. School grounds full of happy children. Court houses teeming with lawyers with their serious faces. Prisoners in custody led into court, but still treated with respect for their human dignity. An elected government: not too visible, not too intrusive. Sport and culture readily available to the people. Plenty of associations in which ordinary individuals can meet together to exercise their freedoms. A sense of tolerance, of diversity. An underlying institutional strength essential if anarchy is to be replaced by the rule of law.
