Generally speaking, a “good” law is one which protects the ordinary citizen from harm intentionally caused by someone else. “Bad” laws are those that abridge individual freedom without an overriding benefit to society. We surely have too many laws that are enacted to “protect us from ourselves.”

You are correct that the terms “good” and “bad” are highly subjective and perhaps I should refer to “just” and “unjust” when discussing legal code.

Laws should exist to regulate public behavior for the public good. Ideally, the legal code should be fairly limited in it’s reach. Some variances in acts like murder, theft, et.al. are appropriate due to the level of forethought and the degree of harm that is caused, but I think we have parsed the legal code a bit too much. It is time to simplify the overall legal code in a way that reflects Common Sense.

Of Course there are good laws that have nothing to do at all with special interests, unless the protection of society is a “special interest.”
The laws that prohibit one person from harming another (i.e. murder, rape, assault) are but a few of the “good laws.” So too are laws against theft, fraud, and kidnapping.
It is true that there are just as many bad laws out there that need to repealed by the voters. Laws affecting consensual adult sexual activities, drug use, or those developed to promote a certain activity or industry over another are examples of what one might consider “bad laws.”

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