Introduction to the rule of law
In short, the rules and regulations made and
enforced by a society's government to manage the conduct of the people within
said society that is called rule of law. Every society that has ever
existed has recognized the need for laws (written or unwritten).
A democratic system of government cannot
function unless the laws are respected by the people they intended to regulate.
1. Society must be based on the rule of law.
2. Rules must be in the advance and creative democratically.
3. Nobody is above the rule of law.
1. Society must be based on the rule of law.
2. Rules must be in the advance and creative democratically.
3. Nobody is above the rule of law.
Laws and values
1.
The
laws generally reflect and promote societal values (traditional ideas about right
and wrong)
·
Not everything
immoral is illegal.
2.
Goals
of the legal system according to legal scholar.
·
Protecting
basic human rights.
·
Promoting
fairness
·
Resolving
conflicts
·
Promoting
order/stability
·
Promoting
desirable economic and social behavior.
·
Representing
the will of majority
·
Protecting
the rights of minorities.
Conclusion
Rule of law predates the nation of
nationality. They have been norms and mores as long as community. There have
been laws since people gathered into regulated communities. The kind of nation
we think of today, is pretty recent.
