LAW.

This refers to any system of regulations to govern an control the conduct of the people
of a community, society or nation. A method of social control that is formally
enacted or promulgated by the agency or agencies of government ang that is subject
to interpretation by and through the courts. Also, it is considered as a major input
to the criminal justice system and the society's primary instrument for making
known what acts are crimes and what sanctions maybe applied to those who commit
acts defined as crime.
It has common purpose which Hazel Kerper identifies as"the need for social
control which comes about whenever men begin to live together in groups.'
Social control means used in the society to maintain itself as a coherent and
functioning unit.

FORMS OF LAW
1. Common Law. It is known as the body of principles, practies, usages and
rules of actions.
2. Statutory Law. It refers to a legislated law or law made by legislatures.
3. CASE LAW. It is the law made by justices in cases decided in the appellate
courts especially by the Supreme Court.

TYPES OF LAW.
1. Civil Law. It refers to law which has something to do with such matters as contracts,
wills, inheritaces, marriage, property, annulment/seperation, adoption and the likes,
and with private injuries which are called "torts".

2. Criminal or Penal Law. It is that branch or division of public law which

defines crime,treats of their nature, and provides for their punishment.