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Define Law. Explain its features.

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The word law is derived from the Teutonic word Tag’ which means something fixed.

Acc to John Austin: “a command given by a superior to an inferior.”

Accordingly to Woodrow Wilson “Law is that position of established thought and habit which . has gained distinct and formal recognition in the shape of uniform rules.”

Characteristics of law: 

  • Laws regulate the external behaviour of man in an organized society. 
  • Laws are universally applicable to all individuals living in the state. 
  • Laws are enforced by the state. 
  • Breaking of law invites punishment. 
  • Ignorance of laws is accepted as a ground for the exemption from the applicant of laws.


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