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The role of law in the society.

The law is important in the society that it is viewed as the grand Norn of conduct for citizens and it provides for the proper guidelines upon the citizens behaviour and to sustain equity on the three branches of government. It keeps society running knowing that without the law there would be chaos and not ideal lifestyle for most part. There would be survival of the fittest and each man for himself when there is absence of the law. Furthermore, it is due to the fact that it acts as guidelines on what is accepted by the society knowing that without it being there, there would be conflicts among individuals and groups and communities. It is vital that they are followed. Its also allows for easy adoptions to the changes of the society in terms of the law being dynamic in nature. What is society? Society is a web-relationship and social change in terms of systems of social groups and relationships. A social relationship is understood in terms of social processes, social interactions and social organizations. Furthermore social change is used to indicate desirable variations in social institutions, social organization and social processes. It includes alterations in the structure and functions of the society. Closer analysis of the role of law vis-à-vis social change leads us to distinguish between the direct and the indirect aspects of the role of law. Law and the society. Law plays an important indirect role in regard to social change by shaping a direct impact on society. For example, a law setting up for a compulsory education system. On the other hand, law interacts with many cases indirectly with basic social institutions in terms of constituting a direct relationship between law and and social change. For example a law designed to prohibit polygamy. Law plays an agent of modernization and social change. It is also an indicator of the nature of societal complexity.