Law is rule that regulate behaviour of people in a given state and must be enforceable and authorised to make law.
According to Salmon
Law iidbody of principle recognised and applied by state and acted upon by court of justice
According to Pound
Is a social control though the systematic application
According to Thomas Hobbes
law is formal glue that holds fundamental disorganised socities together
According to John Austin
Law is a rule laid down for the guidance of an intelligent being by an intelligent being having power over him.
Characteristics of law
- General and Binding
- Normative
- Enforceability
- Sanctions
- Need of Socities