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.
cuba has never been to florida.
( z0 be-located-at :ARG1 ( z1 country :name ( z2 name :op "Cuba" ) ) :ARG2 ( z3 state :name ( z4 name :op "Florida" ) ) :polarity - :time ( z5 ever ) )
(z0 / be-located-at-91
    :ARG1 (z1 / country
              :name (z2 / name
                        :op1 "Cuba"))
    :ARG2 (z3 / state
              :name (z4 / name
                        :op1 "Florida"))
    :polarity -
    :time (z5 / ever))
cuba has never been to florida .
z1 :name z2
z2 :op1 1
z0 :polarity 0
z0 :time z5
z0 :ARG1 z1
z0 :ARG2 z3
z3 :name z4
z4 :op1 2