Full Idea
The divine is important in 'The Laws' because it is identified with law; to be obedient before the law is to be obedient before god.
Gist of Idea
In 'The Laws', to obey the law is to be obey god
Source
report of Plato (The Laws [c.349 BCE]) by Alasdair MacIntyre - A Short History of Ethics Ch.6
Book Reference
MacIntyre,Alasdair: 'A Short History of Ethics' [Routledge 1967], p.55
A Reaction
Christian conservativism in a nutshell. Plato is rejecting his view in Euthyphro that piety (etc.) must precede the will of the gods. The obvious problem is bad laws, made by corrupt rulers.