law unto oneself

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[law unto oneself] {n. phr.}, {literary} A person who does only what he wishes; a person who ignores or breaks the law when he doesn't like it.

* /Everybody in Germany feared Hitler because he was a law unto himself./

* /Mr. Brown told Johnny that he must stop trying to be a law unto himself./

Compare: TAKE THE LAW INTO ONE'S OWN HANDS.

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	{literary} ⁷¹ {n. phr.} ⁵³⁰

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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