The law and justice: Complementary or contradictory?

Wrought with frustration, he came up with this classic response, perhaps in reference to the unyielding nature of the law. This reminds me of the “Dura lex, sed lex” principle, Latin for “the law is harsh, but it is the law.”

Several decades after the publication of Oliver Twist, a celebrated trailblasing English judge named Lord Denning observed, “The law is an ass.” Is that your view about the law? Especially in cases where you feel it defies logic and runs contrary to the principles of justice? I want to acknowledge the seeming tension between two elements that are crucial in fostering the evolution of jurisprudential refinement, the law and justice. Which one of these is more important, thereby rendering the other subservient?