SOME
VIEWS ABOUT LAW
“Law’’ is defined as a system of
rules created and enforced by government or social institutions to regulate behaviour.
Its purpose is “ to maintain order, protect individual
rights, resolve disputes, and ensure justice.”
“Unlike moral codes, laws are backed
by the coercive power of the state.” As such, “violations carry enforceable
penalties like fines or imprisonment or
both.
It is strange that whereas humanity
is one, governed by one universal god, the laws framed by the states are not
the same or similar. An offence in a particular state is no offence in many
other states. Even in the same country, there are different laws in different
states. There may be prohibition (ban on the manufacturing and sale of
alcoholic beverages) in one state but not so in many other states.
Main sources of law are customs,
traditions, cardinal virtues, deadly sins, religious tenets, rights and duties
fixed by the state constitution, the rules made by the political party in
power, and also some past judicial decisions.
Some synonyms of law are: code,
rule, principle, precept, criterion, doctrine, canon, and statute.
Here are some famous quotes:
·
“Law
is blind.” It means that the legal system is impartial, treating everyone
equally regardless of wealth, power, or status. The underlying suggestion is that
law should not ignore socio-economic realities.
·
A
countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.
·
Law
is a bottomless pit.
·
In
law nothing is certain but the expense.
·
Law
is a mouse-trap: easy to enter but not easy to get out.
·
Laws
are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break
through.
·
Good
laws make it easier to do right and harder to do wrong.
·
Society
cannot exist without law and order, and cannot advance except through vigorous
innovations.
·
Laws
are always unstable unless they are founded in the manners of a nation; and
manners are the only durable and
resisting power in a people.
·
Laws
are silent in the midst of arms.
·
The
people’s safety is the law of God.
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PUNCHLINE: Love has its
own laws. It means
that love depends upon mutual respect, balance, and patience to survive. It cannot be forced.
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G,R.Kanwal
28 June 2026
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