THE LAW POOR

According to a new report from the United Nations:

• Two in every three people on the planet -- a total of 4 billion -- are excluded from the rule of law.
• Around 40 percent of the developing world's five-year-old children are not registered as even existing.
• India only has 11 judges for every 1 million people.

Later, people will find that the home they live in, the land they farm, or the business that they start, is not protected by legally enforceable property rights.

[The Point: the Rule of Law , and its incalculable benefits, is not a universal given: is was earned, it must be protected, by being followed or changed - never set aside {yes, there's a reason this appears in the immigration section of the Brief}]

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