UNDERSTANDING LAWS

ASSIGNMENT
Answer the following questions:
1. What is law? Why do we need laws?

2. Write in your own words what you understand by the term the ‘rule of law’.
In your response include a fictitious or real example of a violation of the rule
of law.

3. Highlight the role played by Indian nationalists in the evolution of the rule of
law during the colonial period.

4. State two reasons why historians refute the claim that the British introduced
the rule of law in India.

5. What do you understand by domestic violence?

6. Explain the significance of the law related to domestic violence.

7. What can people do if they think that the law passed by the Parliament is not
fair?

8. What are the different ways to criticize unpopular laws?

9. Explain two examples from history where people have struggled to end
unjust laws.

10.What role do citizens play in helping the Parliament frame laws? Explain.