BLAW 3201 Chapter : Chapter1BLAW3201
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The law a continuously changing process of developing a workable set of rules that balance the individual and group rights of an evolving society. A rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state, commanding what is right, and prohibiting what is wrong . Sanctions the means by which the law enforces the decisions of the court, such as fines, imprisonment and capital punishment. Contempt of court the offense of being disobedient to or disrespectful towards a court of law in the form of behavior that opposes or defies authority, justice, and dignity of the court. A right is the ability of a person, with the aid of the law, to require another person to perform or to refrain from performing a certain act. A duty is the obligation the law imposes upon a person to perform or to refrain from performing a certain act.