When Private Interests Consume the Public Good: The OJ Simpson Case

Perhaps no other obligation is as critical to the stability of a society than that of maintaining the integrity of government. For a government to function effectively, the public must be governed by leaders in whom they can put their trust. It is, in short, the most rudimentary concept of self‐government, although it may not be shared throughout the world. If government leaders, elected, appointed, anointed or even those who have seized their position of power by brute force, are perceived by the people they govern as untrustworthy, the stability of the respective society is effectively undermined. One need only go to countries like Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, South Africa, Guatemala, Nigeria or the Eastern European countries, to witness this cause and effect relationship.