However hard people try, laws are always insufficient

When people first began to live in groups they had few rules or laws, but they
soon realized that each individual had to pay attention to the needs and the welfare
of his neighbors in order to make life not only tolerable, but pleasant for the
greatest number of people. It was considered necessary for each person to
recognize everyone else’s rights to life and the ownership of property. Otherwise
society could not function in peace. Laws were passed to establish the order in
community and they also had to protect the moral values, which were developing
among people for many centuries. However in ancient times for example the laws
which specified the rights of slaveholder could hardly comply with the slaves’
notions of justice. Another example of unfairness of laws is the condition of
Russian peasants during the period of serfdom.

In modern societies law is applied to control the behavior of their members. Law
guarantees and protects the rights of all people, who ought to respect and obey the
norms, adopted by the legislature.But as many scientific investigations show, lots
of people do not respect law.

A lot of people don’t have any legal culture. The reason is that we have imperfect
laws. This trouble can lead to the increase of offences and crimes.

One more fact which shows the insufficiency of laws is that some rights,
proclaimed in important official documents, are hardly realized in practice. Many
young men have lots of trouble when they try to escape the service in the army and
want to choose some alternative service.

Now when we are familiar with the laws of ancient world we can find them
amusing or astonishing but we don't take them too seriously. It is not always easy
for us to understand the laws laid down centuries ago. In ancient Babylon law was
based on the cruel principle of revenge: "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth".
On the one hand it seems logical if the punishment fits the crime. On the other
hand this principle meant that if the builder (our luckless builder) killed the son of
his employer, his own son had to be killed. Cruel? Unfair? Not for the times of
Hammurabi's rule! The approach was suitable for that particular society. But is it
acceptable for the contemporary society? Of course NOT! Why? Because our life
has changed greatly, people have changed, everything has changed. And the law of
the talion is not an eternal law. It doesn't fit the present situation. The human
society is constantly developing and in the course of this development it requires
new laws and regulations which sometimes totally replace the old ones.
So most laws have changed. Nevertheless there is some law that we can still call
eternal. This law is derived from the moral values. It is rather a way of thinking, a
mentality than a law per se.

For example, since the times immemorial there has been the law which prescribes
the younger generation to respect their parents. Throughout the history different
legal codes have included specific articles on the subject. Nowadays we don't have
such articles either in our Constitution or in other legal documents. But still we do
respect our parents, our elders. Why? Because it's in the human nature. We are
guided by the moral standards. And if these don't constitute the eternal law, could
you please tell me what does!!

To sum it up I'd like to say that though our life has changed a lot since ancient
times we still have moral values, moral laws and most of these laws are good for
all times and all places. Don't forger it and … obey these law

It is a matter of fact that to provide laws which will help its people to live safely
and as comfortably as possible is a Homeric task. But in my opinion a legislature
should revise laws, find their defects and try to work out some new perspectives
for establishment more perfect and fair laws.