law is a general rule of action enforced by determinate authority.justify.
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what is law?
Law commonly refers to a system of rules created and enforced through social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and the art of justice.[8 State-enforced laws can be made by a group legislature or by a single legislator, resulting in statutes; by the executive through decrees and regulations; or established by judges through precedent, usually in common law jurisdictions. Private individuals may create legally binding contracts, including arbitration agreements that adopt alternative ways of resolving disputes to standard court litigation. The creation of laws themselves may be influenced by a constitution, written or tacit, and the rights encoded therein. The law shapes politics, economics, history and society in various ways and serves as a mediator of relations between people.
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The Rule of Law
The phrase “the Rule of Law” has to be distinguished from the phrase “a rule of law”. The latter phrase is used to designate some particular legal rule like the rule against perpetuities or the rule that says we have to file our taxes by a certain date. Those are rules of law, but the Rule of Law is one of the ideals of our political morality and it refers to the ascendancy of law as such and of the institutions of the legal system in a system of governance.
The Rule of Law comprises a number of principles of a formal and procedural character, addressing the way in which a community is governed. The formal principles concern the generality, clarity, publicity, stability, and prospectivity of the norms that govern a society. The procedural principles concern the processes by which these norms are administered, and the institutions—like courts and an independent judiciary that their administration requires. On some accounts, the Rule of Law also comprises certain substantive ideals like a presumption of liberty and respect for private property rights. But these are much more controversial (see section 1 below). And indeed as we shall see there is a great deal of controversy about what the Rule of Law requires.
1. One Ideal among Others
2.. The Contestedness of the Rule of Law
3. History of the Rule of Law
3.1 Aristotle
3.2 John Locke
3.3 Montesquieu
3.4 Dicey
3.5 Hayek
3.6 Fuller
4. Rule of Law and Rule by Law
5. Formal, Procedural and Substantive Requirements
5.1 Formal Aspects
5.2 Procedural Aspects
5.3 Substantive Theories
6. The Values Underlying the Rule of Law
7. Opposition to the Rule of Law
8. Controversies about Application
8.1 Discretion
8.2 Rules and Standards
8.3 Law and Social Norms
8.4 Emergencies
8.5 International Law
8.6 Development and Nation-Building
9. The Rule of Law and the Concept of Law
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