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The oppressive potential of law when it becomes absolute, mechanical, and indifferent to context or morality. Law, meant to order society, can become a cage when applied without mercy, equity, or attention to human suffering. The phrase echoes the critique of legal formalism: following rules to the letter while violating their spirit. It warns against worshiping procedure over justice, and treating legal correctness as the highest good.
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