According To The Book Law And Society By Steven Vago

What is law? Law is a system of rules used to govern a society and control the behaviors of its members. In this case, Martin Luther King is charged for breaking a law. King questions the differences between just and unjust laws to justify his actions in Birmingham and the charges of breaking laws willingly. Defending his willingness to break laws, King argues, “How can you advocate breaking laws and obeying other?” He answers to accusation of his willingness to break laws with a well-written argument of what is just and unjust laws. Martin Luther King uses the definition, the categories, and the implication of the law excellently to answer the charges of breaking laws willingly.

Law, according to Bastiat, "is the collective organization of the individual right to lawful defense" (pg. 2). Bastiat starts off saying that the basic gifts man has from God, it exists only to do what individuals have a right to do: protect their persons, their liberties and their properties. Bastiat gave the same rationale for government as did our Founders, saying, "Life, liberty and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it is the fact that life, liberty and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place." No finer statements of natural or God-given rights have been made than those found in our Declaration of Independence and "The Law." The law was created to ensure that individuals in society were allowed to use these gifts. "Justice is achieved only when injustice is absent" (pg. 12).When the law is used for more than these three goals, the law becomes an instrument of injustice. Similar to the use of the law is abused by the greed and false philanthropy

Law is a system of rules that are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior. (Robertson, Crimes against humanity, 90).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 jurisdictions.

     In his book on ?The Behavior of Law? Donald Black attempts to describe and explain the conduct of law as a social phenomenon. His theory of law does not consider the purpose, value, impact of law, neither proposes any kind of solutions, guidance or judgment; it plainly ponders on the behavior of law. The author grounds his theory purely on sociology and excludes the psychology of the individual from his assumptions on the behavior of law (Black 7). The theory of law comes to the same outcome as other theories scrutinizing the legal environment, such as deprivation theory or criminal theory; however, the former concentrates on the patterns of behavior of law, not involving the

Within Classical Theory, the focus was on the law to protect the rights of individuals and society and its purpose was to deter criminal behavior. Classical law assumes it is the duty of the citizen to be moral, act responsibly, and weigh consequences of behavior before acting. This of course, supposes that all acts are rational, and each act committed is done as a result of free will.

Law has shaped many factors in society such as race and gender. Laws reflect the values of society, and historically we can see that laws were created in order to maintain power for the white, male population. In order to do this, law had to create the idea of the “other” since race and gender are not natural occurrences. Race and gender although not real, are powerful social phenomenons that have shaped law and society.

Laws are rules that bind all people living in a community. Laws protect our general safety and ensure our rights as citizens against abuse by other people, organizations and by the government. Laws exist at the local, state and national level. There are laws that protect the rights of citizens such as the Bill of Rights that protect our freedom of speech, religion and the press. There are laws that protect people from discrimination of race, gender and age and disabilities. There are also rules and laws to ensure safety on the roads.

When dealing with law we have to understand that as a society we have to have somewhat of a foundation that govern us as a society and in our every day

Law is the set of rules and principles that helps to guide the society in balancing everything. It commands what should be done and what should not be done. It helps in protecting the rights of a person and property. People should beware of the rules and their rights to stay safe.

The norms of a society and the way it functions can be reflected in its legal system. This notion is significant to Hrafnkel’s Saga as it helps put the death of Einar into perspective. According to Professor Wen, the saga portrays a bloody and messy period of transition between a premodern honor culture and a modern system of law. The legal system of this era reflects a stark contrast from the laws and constitutions of today. In the narrative, Hrafnkel executes Einar for disobeying his orders to refrain from riding Freyfaxi and is charged with murder without a due process trial. There are two aspects of the story that must be taken note of in order to assess whether Hrafnkel is guilty or not. First, the importance of one's word in regards

Law is influence most imbibed in our life, drawn into nearly all matters we are doing. Almost every law time matching in we life and treatment without we realize. For example, almost unaffected most people by criminal law because they was not involved in behaviour that, in fact criminal behaviour not become part of normal life.

The question of definition of law has existed since time immemorial. As long as man organised himself there was an essentiality to organise himself and submit himself under a set of recognised rules and regulations which later came to be identified as law of that society. At the initial stages law could not be separable from morality. From religion, to the command of the sovereign as proposed by John Austin, to

Law and justice are not synonymous; occasionally law and justice stand in opposition to one another; occasionally justice requires that we break the law. According to Martin Luther King Jr. “there are two types of laws: there are just laws and there are unjust laws... An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law.” Crucially, moral law is the natural code of a society that dictates right from wrong – this is the basis of human law. The difference is that human law may itself be unjust or be applied so that its application is immoral.

Introduction: To understand the topic of philosophy of law first we have to understand what is law? Law is nothing but a group or collection of some rules that regulates and control society or country. Every country has different rules and laws. Like in India we drive a vehicle on the left side of the road but in America we drive a vehicle on the right side of the road. There are also some international laws like if you do any bad thing then you will be punished. Laws control human behaviours. They restrict human to do bad things. Law is also important for equality, justice and fairness.

“What  is  Law?”   This  is  the  most  popular  question  to  people  from  all  walks  of  life.   According   to  the  meaning  in  dictionary,  Law  means,  “the  system  of  rules  which  a  particular  country  or   community  recognises  as  regulating  the  actions  of  its  members  and  which  it  may  enforce  by   the  imposition  of  penalties”.1   In  English  legal  system,  there  is  a  separation  of  power  which   dividing  the  whole  legal  system  into  three  roles.     They  are