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COVID-19 response shows how an informal rule of law plays a supporting role in society

  • Written by David Mednicoff, Chair, Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Amherst
COVID-19 response shows how an informal rule of law plays a supporting role in societyWaiting their turn, while masked and keeping a distance.Lindsey Nicholson/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Through much of the last year, COVID-19 has propelled many people to accept and follow new patterns of behavior. These include wearing a mask in public, attempting to socially distance and restricting groups to smaller...

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