THE TRULY BIZARRE WORLD OF BRIDGE........ ( Article by Professor Hu Chi Ku Chi )

In an ideal world where law and order needs to be established , one group of people are usually empowered to make the rules , another group to enforce them , and a third group to deal with those who break the rules. In other words three distinct bodies are needed : the executive , the police and the judges. Each must have the power to carry out their duties , but each must be independent of the other in order to avoid any overlap and subsequent risk of abuse of power. With each group able to provide essential checks and safeguards against the other, the abuse of power is far less likely , and members of the wider society can all sleep soundly at night.
Indeed , the separation of powers is such a fundamental concept if one wishes to create and to preserve an ideal society. So therefore one one is left to contemplate the absurdity of what goes on inside small clubs and voluntary organisations , which exist in the secretive twilight world of unincorporated associations. Club committees find themselves in a position of not only having the power to make the rules , but also to enforce them , and to adjudicate over incidents where rules have allegedly been broken. It seems that committees can grant themselves unfettered power to do as they like, with very little in the way of checks and safeguards ever being put into place.
Having such power is clearly opens the way to abuse , and must be considered as a weakness and/or defect in the club's constitution. Unless club constitutions are redrafted to include essential safeguards ,  committees will no doubt seize the opportunity to operate in despotic and discriminatory way. 
Now that scenario is not only truly bizarre....... but truly frightening.