Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

This question highlights the central flaw of all monocentric, hierarchical structures of Law.

If no one watches the watchers, then this means that the watchers are, in fact, in a state of lawlessness vis-a-vis each other, or the non-watchers.

If states represent law and order, and are necessary as an ultimate arbiter of justice, then who is the ultimate arbiter for inter-state conflicts?

If everyone needs an ultimate arbiter of justice, who resolves the conflicts between arbiters of justice?

Cuzan, Alfred G. "Do We Ever Really Get Out of Anarchy?." Journal of Libertarian Studies 3, No.2 (1979): 151-158.

Cuzan, Alfred G. "Revisiting "Do We Ever Really Get Out of Anarchy?"." Journal of Libertarian Studies 22, No. 1 (2010): 3–21.

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