Would the existence of the Executioner's Sword disrupt the fundamental balance of societal justice?

This article analyses the legal legitimacy of the Executioner’s Sword wielded by Hiromi Higuruma in the fictitious anime Jujutsu Kaisen. I explored the intersection of legal philosophy and contemporary narrative through jurisprudential analysis, examining the ethicality of a mechanism of absolute, irreversible punitive force, metaphorically reflected as the "Executioner's Sword", and questioning whether such an instrument can exist within a just society. The dissertation argues that the existence of the Executioner’s Sword disrupts the fundamental construct of the legal system, creating imbalance in societal justice. In particular, the controversies of the Death Penalty and the omnipotence of Judgeman are critically evaluated under the moral lens, with relevance to modern legality and present legal cases that prove the unrealistic and potentially disastrous impact should such a mechanism exist in society. This study demonstrates how the decoupling of positivist law from human equity transforms justice into an instrument of pure violence, concluding that instruments of absolute termination fundamentally undermine the systemic integrity required to preserve the Rule of Law.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-08-25
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22092739
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Japanese History and Culture
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Would the existence of the Executioner's Sword disrupt the fundamental balance of societal justice?

Jerome Ng
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Japanese History and Culture
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Would the existence of the Executioner's Sword disrupt the fundamental balance of societal justice?

Jerome Ng
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Abstract

This article analyses the legal legitimacy of the Executioner’s Sword wielded by Hiromi Higuruma in the fictitious anime Jujutsu Kaisen. I explored the intersection of legal philosophy and contemporary narrative through jurisprudential analysis, examining the ethicality of a mechanism of absolute, irreversible punitive force, metaphorically reflected as the "Executioner's Sword", and questioning whether such an instrument can exist within a just society. The dissertation argues that the existence of the Executioner’s Sword disrupts the fundamental construct of the legal system, creating imbalance in societal justice. In particular, the controversies of the Death Penalty and the omnipotence of Judgeman are critically evaluated under the moral lens, with relevance to modern legality and present legal cases that prove the unrealistic and potentially disastrous impact should such a mechanism exist in society. This study demonstrates how the decoupling of positivist law from human equity transforms justice into an instrument of pure violence, concluding that instruments of absolute termination fundamentally undermine the systemic integrity required to preserve the Rule of Law.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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Openalex Percentile: Top 1%
Japanese History and Culture
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