You need judges basically. Which is how law developed over time. Predates the state.

I'm basically in the same camp.

kepford

I probably fall most into the natural law camp, given my biblical worldview.

the problem with actual contracts and voluntary agreements is that it's impossible to write a contingency for every possible state of the law.  Whenever a situation happens outside the written contract language or there's ambiguity, you will have to resort to some principles that exist outside the contract.

Politics_And_Law

Is Social Contract theory sound or nonsensical?

I probably fall most into the natural law camp, given my biblical worldview.

the problem with actual contracts and voluntary agreements is that it's impossible to write a contingency for every possible state of the law.  Whenever a situation happens outside the written contract language or there's ambiguity, you will have to resort to some principles that exist outside the contract.