The Illustrated Guide to Law

Our little Lady Justice is now a teenager. With a sword. I don’t know if that bodes well or ill, but it certainly… uh… bodes. Yup. Lotta boding going on.The post Law: Coders and Algorithms first appeared on The Illustrated Guide to Law.

To be fair… …the original quote wasn’t that the State has a monopoly on violence, but rather that the State is a ““human community that (successfully) claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory.” … Continue reading →The post Why Did People Form the First States? first appeared on The Illustrated Guide to Law.

So I wanted to make sense of a long period in the development of religion/political order, and do so efficiently. But how? A picture speaks a thousand words, yes, but which picture? After weighing this and that, I decided to … Continue reading →The post Inventing Religion: Part 3 first appeared on The Illustrated Guide to Law.

My awesome supporters on Patreon voted to decide what happened on this page. It was an experiment that I think worked pretty well! I’m definitely going to do that again in the future.

Oh dear.

I got a little doodle-happy there for a bit…

Piety, prayer, and the patriarchy—all in one go! I wonder what’s next.

Behold: the Lego Leviathan!

All right! Happy New Year! It feels good to be drawing again.

Hello again! It’s been a while since I posted. Had some personal things to take care of. But now I’m back, so let’s get this show on the road! If you like what I do, and would like to help … Continue reading →

…with what? What? Pomegranites? Patronage? Pandemonium? …WHAT? On another note, I’ve finally gotten around to creating an Instagram for this comic. I’m going to try to post process art and ideas there while I’m working on each page. https://www.instagram.com/law.comic/ If … Continue reading →

We tend to think that government is inherently hierarchical, with chiefs on top. Or that it requires social institutions like religion. But for most of human history, we did just fine without either. Continue reading →

This was originally going to be a very brief page, but I was having so much fun with it, and it really does set the theme for a lot of what’s to come. Anyway, I did cut scads of … Continue reading →

Finally, here is the second half of that page. Had to put this project on the back burner for a spell, but (knock on wood) I think we can get back to something like the old posting frequency. Yes, I … Continue reading →

This is only half of the page that I intended to put up. But I was traveling all week, and didn’t have a chance to finish it. Rather than make you wait for the rest, here’s this bit at … Continue reading →

I wonder where she’s going with this…

Oh dear… where are they going with this?

Two things. First: My wonderful Patreons get to see these pages early — and in glorious full resolution. (They also get the occasional side story and bonus art.) If you would like to help keep the comic going, consider throwing … Continue reading →

One of these days, I really ought to visit Independence Hall and see what it looks like IRL. From what I can tell, this was where each delegation was sitting. The delegates who were there on this long last day … Continue reading →

But wait, wasn’t Charles Pinckney the bad guy? Isn’t he the guy who claimed to have his own proposal, sent a quickly made-up one to Adams decades later to ensure his place in the history books? Isn’t he the guy … Continue reading →