Law
“The law is rarely out of the news. It frequently stimulates controversy. While lawyers and politicians celebrate the virtues of the rule of law, reformers lament its shortcomings, and cynics question its professed equivalence with justice. Yet all recognize the law as a vehicle for social change. And few doubt the central role of law in our social, political, moral, and economic life. But what is this thing called law? Does it consist of a set of universal moral principles in accordance with nature? Or is it simply a collection of largely man-made, valid rules, commands, or norms? Does the law have a specific purpose, such as the protection of individual rights, the attainment of justice, or economic, political, and sexual equality? Can the law be divorced from its social context? These are merely some of the questions that lie in wait for anyone attempting to uncover the meaning of the concept and the function of law.” (Raymond Wacks, Philosophy of Law: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press: 2006. p. xii).
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