Law’ signifies a rule applied indiscriminately to all
actions. It is a notional pattern of conduct to which actions do or ought to
conform. ‘Law’ is a large body of rules and regulations, based mainly on
general principles of justice, fair play and convenience and which have been
worked out by governmental bodies to regulate human activities
The word rule of law means the principle that all
people and institutions are subject to and accountable to law that is fairly
applied and enforced; the principle of government by law. According to
professor Diccy, rules of law contains three principles
1.
Supremacy of law
2.
Equality before law
3.
Predominance of legal spirit
The expression ‘source of law’, means the source from where
rules of human conduct came into existence and derive legal force of binding
character. Broadly, sources of law can be divided as follows:
1. Customs
2. Judicial Precedent
3. Legislation
