Flutterby™! : Myth of the Rule of Law

On Objectionable Content there's a link to and some discussion of an essay called The Myth of the Rule of Law, which says, in part:

But the myth of the rule of law does more than render the people submissive to state authority; it also turns them into the state's accomplices in the exercise of its power. For people who would ordinarily consider it a great evil to deprive individuals of their rights or oppress politically powerless minority groups will respond with patriotic fervor when these same actions are described as upholding the rule of law.

My recent jury duty experience has me thinking more and more about this, about what jury nullification means. Unfortunately, what starts out as a good essay loses direction because the author, John Hansas, doesn't get that law is an expression of implied violence.