Law is a system of
rules by which, a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the
actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.
In other words, laws are those principles and regulations established in a
community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form
of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial
decision.
By virtue of Article
13 (3) of the Indian Constitution law includes any Ordinance, order, bye law,
rule, regulation, notification, custom or usages having in the territory of
India the force of law; laws in force includes laws passed or made by
Legislature or other competent authority in the territory of India before the
commencement of this Constitution and not previously repealed, notwithstanding
that any such law or any part thereof may not be then in operation either at
all or in particular areas.
Law is a system of
rules that are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior. Laws
can be made by a collective legislature or by a single legislator, resulting in
statutes, by the executive through decrees and regulations, or by judges
through binding precedent, normally in common law jurisdictions. The formation
of laws themselves may be influenced by a constitution, written or tacit, and
the rights encoded therein.
The adjudication of
the law is generally divided into two main areas referred to as;
- Criminal law and
- Civil law
Criminal law deals
with conduct that is considered harmful to social order and in which the guilty
party may be imprisoned or fined. Civil law deals with the resolution of disputes
between individuals or organizations.
The law shapes
politics, economics, history and society in various ways and serves as a
mediator of relations between people. It provides a rich source of scholarly
inquiry into legal history, philosophy, economic analysis and sociology. Law
also raises important and complex issues concerning equality, fairness, and
justice.
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