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.
Norms are necessary in order to live in labeled shoes.
( z0 need :purpose ( z1 live :location ( z2 shoe :ARG1-of ( z3 label ) ) ) :ARG1 ( z4 moral ) )
(z0 / need-01
    :purpose (z1 / live-01
                 :location (z2 / shoe
                               :ARG1-of (z3 / label-01)))
    :ARG1 (z4 / moral))
Norms are necessary in order to live in labeled shoes .
z0 :ARG1 z4
z0 :purpose z1
z2 :ARG1-of z3
z1 :location z2