Well-performing societies had both  the rule of law was necessary, but norms respected by all citizens had greater flexibility. Do the ends justify the means? One couldnt encode in laws everything implied by good behavior. The world was just too complex and ever-changing. We werent certain how you created good institutions, we couldnt even define what the term meant precisely, but you knew it when you saw it. It involved norms as well as laws.
Good, bad, and grey were the norms of behavior.
( z0 norm :domain ( z1 and :op ( z2 good ) :op ( z3 bad ) :op ( z4 gray ) ) :mod ( z5 behave ) )
(z0 / norm
    :domain (z1 / and
                :op1 (z2 / good-02)
                :op2 (z3 / bad-07)
                :op3 (z4 / gray-02))
    :mod (z5 / behave-01))
Good , bad , and grey were the norms of behavior .
z1 :op2 z3
z1 :op1 z2
z1 :op3 z4
z0 :domain z1
z0 :mod z5