It is this law that prevents the strongest from taking advantage of the weak
We have just gone from a time when the physically strongest took advantage of the physically weakest to a time when the most powerful and most influent ones take advantage of the average citizens who have no power.
The law ensures a minimum of dignity and safety for people in general, but it's far from ideal. The law is theory, but as we know, practice is always quite different... The rules of the game aren't the same for everyone. We aren't equal towards the law. There are some individuals who are more special than others and have some extra benefits, and it has always been like this.
We have to be aware about this fact in order to not live in delusion.