- "Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate."
This involves studying the various laws and regulations that govern different aspects of society, such as criminal law, civil law, international law, and environmental law.
- "State-enforced laws can be made by a group legislature or by a single legislator, resulting in statutes; by the executive through decrees and regulations; or established by judges through precedent, usually in common law jurisdictions."
- "Private individuals may create legally binding contracts, including arbitration agreements that adopt alternative ways of resolving disputes to standard court litigation."
- "The creation of laws themselves may be influenced by a constitution, written or tacit, and the rights encoded therein."
- "The law shapes politics, economics, history and society in various ways and also serves as a mediator of relations between people."
- "Legal systems vary between jurisdictions, with their differences analysed in comparative law."
- "In civil law jurisdictions, a legislature or other central body codifies and consolidates the law. In common law systems, judges may make binding case law through precedent, although on occasion this may be overturned by a higher court or the legislature."
- "Historically, religious law has influenced secular matters and is, as of the 21st century, still in use in some religious communities."
- "Sharia law based on Islamic principles is used as the primary legal system in several countries, including Iran and Saudi Arabia."
- "Public law concerns government and society, including constitutional law, administrative law, and criminal law."
- "Private law deals with legal disputes between individuals and/or organizations in areas such as contracts, property, torts/delicts, and commercial law."
- "Law provides a source of scholarly inquiry into legal history, philosophy, economic analysis, and sociology."
- "Law also raises important and complex issues concerning equality, fairness, and justice."
- "It has been variously described as a science and as the art of justice."
- "Judges can establish laws through precedent, usually in common law jurisdictions."
- "Private individuals may create legally binding contracts, including arbitration agreements that adopt alternative ways of resolving disputes to standard court litigation."
- "Sharia law based on Islamic principles is used as the primary legal system in several countries, including Iran and Saudi Arabia."
- "In civil law jurisdictions, a legislature or other central body codifies and consolidates the law. In common law systems, judges may make binding case law through precedent."
- "Public law concerns government and society, including constitutional law, administrative law, and criminal law; while private law deals with legal disputes between individuals and/or organizations in areas such as contracts, property, torts/delicts, and commercial law."
- "The law shapes politics, economics, history, and society in various ways and also serves as a mediator of relations between people."