LAWS1100 Lecture Notes - International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation, Liberal Democracy, Terra Nullius
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Law - a set of rules, made by the state and enforceable by prosecution or litigation. Law can resolve disputes, maintain social order, preserve and enforce community values, protect the disadvantaged, regulate the economy and prevent the misuse of power. The law can change because of political change, the need to fix problems within the law, changing community values, pressure from lobby groups and changing technology. Justice can be understood as fairness, such as fair compensation or punishment, a fair decision or a fair distribution of resources. A legal choice is one that complies with the law; an ethical choice is one that is recognised as good" and. Civil law legal systems are the most common and the primary source of law is legislation in the form of codes, statutes and constitutions. Countries include: france, germany, russia, china and japan etc .
