Law
This article is about a system of rules. For the social science or theory of law, see Jurisprudence. For a document passed by legislature, see statutory law. For other uses, see Law (disambiguation). "Legal" and "Legal concept" redirect here. For other uses, see Legal (disambiguation). Iustitia ("Lady Justice") is a symbolic personification of the coercive power of a tribunal: a sword representing state authority, scales representing an objective standard, and a blindfold indicating that justice should be impartial. [1] Law is a system of rules that are created and enforced through social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior. [2] Law is a system that regulates and ensures that individuals or a community adhere to the will of the state. State-enforced laws can be made by a collective legislature or by a single legislator, resulting in statutes, by the executive through decrees and regulations, or established by judges through pre...