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"The law is impartial and exists to protect the rights of individuals and society without favour or prejudice." - To what extent do you agree with this opinion?
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The Law. "The law is impartial and exists to protect the rights of individuals and society without favour or prejudice." - To what extent do you agree with this opinion? Our world is far from perfect, everyday more and more crimes occur - robberies, muggings, rape, assaults and sometimes even murder. There is no doubt that some sort of control is necessary, any society or group of people has its own set of rules in order to control the behaviour of individuals. These rules are rules which define what is right and wrong, acceptable and unacceptable. Laws exist to promote social order, establish justice, protect property rights, establish moral standards and give legal status to authorities. Laws are primarily to keep people safe and make our society a better place to be in, but do they always fulfil this function? Does it really provide protection for individuals? Does it protect the rights...
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