First of all let’s discuss about the term law.The basic definition is the system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties and punishment.In more simpler words law is a rule of conduct developed by government or society over a certain territory. Law follows certain practices and customs in order to deal with crime, business, social relationships, property, finance, etc. The Law is controlled and enforced by the controlling authority.
Society has existed since man began to populate the planet, although its form of organization underwent variations throughout history.But before coming to society, it is essential to discover its etymological origin.Specifically, we can emphasize that it is found in Latin and more exactly in the term partners.Society is a term that describes a group of individuals marked by a common culture, a certain folklore and shared criteria that determine their customs and lifestyle and that are related to each other within the framework of a community. Although the most developed societies are the human (whose study is carried out by the social Sciences as the sociology and the anthropology). Societies gives us identity and sense of belonging.This ever-changing complex system, which we call society, is a web of social relationships.French society, Industrial society, Indian society, Capitalist society, and Tribal society are some examples of the society.
As society is dynamic, abstract and complex in nature.It is based on cooperation but due to lot of differences, we find conflicts in society.Also rapid social change becomes a normal state of attires as people’s identity change as progress towards a better life.Law and Society emerges from the believe that legal regulations and decisions must be understood in its context. They are never autonomous in their context. In other words, law is deeply embedded within a society. It therefore implies that law is socially and historically constructed to become legally recognized procedures and institutions and besides that, law needs a society for its effectiveness and usefulness.The process of law formulation emerges from disagreement where one or two disagree in any area hence mediators intervene in developing agreed ways of controlling reoccurrence of disputes in a society, decision making are ideas reached leading to agreement and legal ideological consciousness is formalization of decisions through recording that aims at balancing and serenities to people’s lives. Creating an environment of self-governance. Imagining an example of living without law in our society where unlawful actors are brought to justice, this would suit the quote that survival of the fittest’. The absence of law in the society would provide an opportunity for lifeless foundation of the society.
Law acts as a code of conduct in society, which is why it is so important. Constitutional law is one of the branches of law in the society which sets up governments with its different branches of work like Ministries that stipulates how they are elected or appointed and division of powers with responsibilities between them. In prior dominant traditional systems, the basic government systems include executive, legislature and the judiciary which still exists as governing body for the society. Constitutional law provides understanding of basic human rights which must be protected for everyone and further civil and political citizens poses. It establishes fundamental borders to what any government systems must and must not do which limits roles and responsibilities hence its enshrined in a written document that’s the constitution. Amendments are made based on unanimous acceptance by the society or public.
Apart from legal rules, Moral rules are principles of right or wrong behaviour that are generally accepted by a society.These are generally, personal in nature as they vary from place to place and society to society and change with respect to time. For example, in a society telling a lie may be considered immoral, that is, against moral rules. It can also be linked to etiquettes which may be defined as a set of rules for behaving correctly in social situations. For example, masticating food while keep the mouth close. As a human coexisting together in a society we should help each other and together make progress in life. Thus laws is necessary framework of society.