unwritten law, n.Definitions

The Unwritten law (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not fully knowable, but the state knows enough about it to oppose it violently.

The Unwritten law (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a legality of what does not exist and of what is unconscious — the demand the unconscious makes on law, marking the limit and condition of law's generalizability.

The Unwritten law (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the unconscious of public law — what public law cannot do without, yet must oppose and retain with a certain necessary hostility.