ORIGIN NATURE AND

DEVELOPMENT OF LAW
ORIGIN OF OUR PRESENT CIVILIZATION
THE PRESENT STATE OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE
NATIONS OF THE EARTH IS THE RESULT OF THE
INFLUENCES.
PRIMITIVE MAN LIVED ENTIRELY UNDER NATURAL
LAW. HE OBTAINED THOSE THINGS WHICH HIS
STRENGTH AND AGILITY WOULD PERMIT. WITH HIM AS
WITH THE LOWER ANIMALS “MIGHT MADE RIGHT”.
THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF PRIMITIVE SOCIETY
WERE ESTABLISHED AS CUSTOM. WHATEVER WAS
COSTUMARY OR USUAL WAS CONSIDERED RIGHT.
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MAN IN HIS CHANGING ENVIRONMENT HAS, IN PRACTICALLY ALL
HIS ACTIVITIES AND RELATIONSHIPS, SOUGHT SOME STABLE
AND UNCHANGING POINTS FROM WHICH TO START HIS
OPERATIONS OR IN WHICH TO BASE HIS THOUGHTS, IDEAS,
CALCULATIONS.
MAN’S BASIC CRAVING IS FOR STABILITY. IT FOLLOWS THAT
LAWS SHOULD BE STABLE. BUT A DIFFICULTY ARISES IN THE
FACT THAT WHILE THE LAWS MAY BE UNCHANGING THE MAN IS
NOT.
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MORAL LAW – AN ABSOLUTE PRINCIPILE DEFINING THE CRITERIA OF
RIGHT ACTION
1. DIVINE LAW
- ANY LAW THAT IS UNDERSTOOD AS THE WILL OF GOD OR
GODS
2. ECCLESIASTICAL LAW
- LAWS ADMINISTERED BY THE CHURCH
NATURAL OR SCIENTIFIC LAW –BASED ON REPEATED EXPERIMENTAL
OBSERVATIONS.
1. LAWS OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES- EXPRESSIBLE BY THE
STATEMENT THAT A PARTICULAR PHENOMENON ALWAYS
OCCURS IF CERTAIN CONDITIONS BE PRESENT.
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2. LAWS OF THE NATURAL SCIENCES – DETERMINED BY
FUNDAMENTAL FORCES WITHIN NATURE
3. LAWS OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES – A RULE THAT IS CAPABLE OF
ENFORCEMENT THROUGHT INSTITUTIONS. HOWEVER, MANY LAWS ARE
BASED ON NORMS ACCEPTED BY A COMMUNITY.
LAWS OF ARTS AND LITERATURE
1. LAWS OF MUSIC – REFERS TO LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE MUSIC
INDUSTRY.
2. LAWS OF PAINTING
3. LAWS OF POETRY – REFERS TO RULES ON HOW TO COMPOSE A POET
INTERNATIONAL LAW
1. PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW
2. LAW OF NATIONS OR PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
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MUNICIPAL OR GOVERNMENTAL LAW
1.CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
2.STATUTE LAW
3.EQUITY – QUALITY OF BEING FAIR
LAWS WITHOUT GOVERNMENTAL SANCTION
1. LAWS OF GAMES
2.LAWS OF PRIVATE ASSOCIATIONS AND SOCIETIES
 INTERNATIONAL LAW
SET OF RULES GENERALLY REGARDED AND ACCEPTED
IN RELATIONS BETWEEN NATIONS IT SERVES AS A
FRAMEWORK FOR THE PRACTICE OF STABLE AND
ORGANIZED INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.
1. PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW – DEALS WITH
THE RIGHTS, PRIVILEDGES AND LEGAL PROCEDURES
ASSOCIATED WITH AN INDIVIDUAL WHO, ALTHOUGH
RESIDING IN A COUNTRY IS NOT A CITIZEN OF THAT
COUNTRY
2. THE LAW OF NATIONS OR PUBLIC
INTERNATIONAL LAW- DEALS WITH THE RELATIONS
OF ONE SOVEREIGN NATION WITH ANOTHER.
 MUNICIPAL OR GOVERNMENTAL LAW

RULES ENFORCEABLE IN COURTS BY WHICH THE CIVIL RIGHTS

AND CONDUCT OF THE CITIZEN AND RESIDENTS OF A NATION
WITH EACH OTHER ARE REGULATED

THE NATIONAL, DOMESTIC, OR INTERNAL LAW OF

A SOVEREIGN STATE
 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
 IS
A BODY OF LAW WHICH DEFINES THE ROLE, POWERS, AND
STRUCTURE OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES WITHIN A STATE NAMELY
THE EXECUTIVE THE PARLIAMENT OR LEGISLATURE AND
THE JUDICIARY
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW DEALS WITH THE FUNDAMENTAL
PRINCIPLES BY WHICH THE GOVERNMENT EXERCISES ITS
AUTHORITY. IN SOME INSTANCES, THESE PRINCIPLES GRANT
SPECIFIC POWERS TO THE GOVERNMENT, SUCH AS THE POWER TO
TAX AND SPEND FOR THE WELFARE OF THE POPULATION. OTHER
TIMES, CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES ACT TO PLACE LIMITS ON
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT CAN DO, SUCH AS PROHIBITING THE
ARREST OF AN INDIVIDUAL WITHOUT SUFFICIENT CAUSE.
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ARE THOSE WHICH ENACTED BY SOME GOVERNMENTAL BODY
WHICH HAS CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY TO ENACT SUCH
LAWS.
ARE WRITTEN LAWS SET DOWN BY A BODY OF LEGISLATURE OR
BY A SINGULAR LEGISLATOR.