I can see why some people might be turned off to the law system. I spent more time moving around the map to get the laws just right rather than actually playing the game. I know there are ways around it, and it wasn't bad when it was just one, but when they get up to 3 laws it just got stupid.
It's like playing StarCraft and being told you're not allowed to use Hydralisks this round, but they tell you this after you have already developed a system and your forces so that your Hydralisks are awesome. It just doesn't make sense in a strategy game.
Yeah, I never played FFT, but I own FFTA and I hate the judge/law system.