“IMPORTANCE OF LAW IN OUR DAILY LIFE”

By Muhammad Ali
(BBA Hons, MS, LLB) Law Graduate.
Law is present in our daily life and in everything we do. We cannot think a second without law. Whatever we can see around us everything is connected with the law. Sometimes we can see it and sometimes we cannot see but feel it. Law is not just a thing to obey for yourself but making a peaceful society. What I will explain to you in this article will, how we are connected with the law and I hope, make you see sense in the importance of our laws in the society we live in. To be against the importance of laws in our society would show one to be unaware.
Why Law Is Important?
“Law” is a system of rules designed to regulate behavior in both public and private society. Social and/or governmental institutions create and enforce these rules. Humans have been making laws for thousands of years. Early examples include ancient Egyptian law, Babylonian law, ancient Chinese law, and Old Testament law. There are many categories of law, including criminal law, civil law, and so on. Why does law matter at all? Here are ten reasons why
If it’s against the law to punch someone in the face, someone who gets punched can do something about it other than simply swinging back. In a perfect world, justice is equal. It doesn’t matter who got punched or who did the punching. What matters is that the law against punching was broken. Everyone in a society – and not just a privileged few – must have equal access to justice through the law. Laws don’t only respond to injustices and harm. They work to prevent them. Food safety laws are a prime example.
For a society to run smoothly and without any problems and riots, it needs the main order. Some rules and regulations need to be set to maintain justice and equality in society. If we look in history, countless wars and battles have been there among the human races due to the difference. They had in their beliefs, caste, and creeds. Many of the wars would have been not been there. If the people chose to talk peacefully and set up rules to live in harmony with each other.
In the century, we had two world wars where there were casualties and losses on both sides. The conclusion was differences will always be there and we cannot force anyone to follow what we believe in. Slowly, we learned that we should learn to tolerate one another. Now, we have proper law in our society which tells us how to interact with people within it. It accommodates people with different culture, background, and ethnicity and tells to live in harmony with each other.
Ethical and moral values must be upheld in business. Business means to make profits for the company or the brand making the products. But the company or the brand must make sure that their business policies do not cross the boundaries that are made in the law. These include many problems if a company chooses to use cheaper ingredients to make products which result in hazard for the health of the customers. Another example would be selling products at higher rates than assigned by the government. In such cases, action needs to be taken against these companies and brands.
Business needs to have certain laws to stop people from stealing capital from each other. In the digital age we live in, we need to come with strict and unique laws to prevent people to commit fraud against the people who make living through hard work. Since the world has grown in a much different way than before so the laws need to be made accordingly. For instance, when someone creates content on YouTube using their resources and someone uses the same video to snatch views which gives money to the staler rather than the original content creator. YouTube has made a system of copyrights to remove profits from the non-original video rendering the video useless for the staler.
Democracy is the most common system of government in the world. People choose to vote for a certain person based on the person’s manifesto and previous record. Before voting there is campaigning for different candidates who want to contest for the open position in the government. Each candidate runs their campaign, presenting their manifesto and promising to work for the betterment of society. Although the cause is very noble, some people take this competition too personally and go to every extent just to win the elections.
There are others, which only promise about making things better for people while their true intentions are to make money and fill their own pockets. The importance of law in politics is that it makes policies against such people who frame other people and exploit them personally to win in the elections. Law also includes accountability for the people who do not work for the people but only choose to grow their bank accounts. After confiscating the money from them, they are also fined and heavily punished for their deeds.
The government can only make the life of their citizens better if it has a good system of accountability and it keeps check on the politicians whether they are handling their responsibilities well or not. This can only happen when there are strict laws for everyone who is in the government, no one is higher than the law. Principles and rules are meant to be followed, it does not matter whether one is the president or an assembly member. The system of accountability is the same for everyone, irrespective of their status, belief, or color.
To develop as a nation, the nation needs to make laws to make its society a better place to live. It needs to create laws to make sure that there is no rigging in the elections to make sure there is transparency in politics. The candidates that are selected through the election, through transparent means deserve to sit in the government. The nation also needs to make laws to promote education peacefully and harmoniously.
Through education, the children will learn that it’s normal to have a difference among multiple cultures and ethnicity. Education will help the children to become tolerant and smart citizens. Apart from education, the nation also needs to implement laws to ensure that businesses do not violate health or ethical values while trying to make profits. Strict actions should be there to set examples for the people. When society, education, business, and politics start running according to the defined law, there will be peace and harmony among the society.

Conclusion

Law has a central importance in our lives. Whether it’s the matter of society, education, politics, or business. We need to abide by the law if we want to progress in our life. We are all humans and we are all equal. No one is greater or lower than anyone, based on color, caste, or creed. The only thing that separates us how we treat each other. We can do good by understanding each other and following what the law tells us.