LAW IN GENERAL ACCORDING TO JUSTICE BRADLEY, US SUPREME COURT:

Law is a science of principles by which the civil society is regulated and held together, by which
right is enforced, and wrong is detected and punished.

ACCORDING TO DE PAGE:

The body of rule governing the conduct of persons living in association with others, under the
guaranty of social compulsion.

ACCORDING TO SANCHEZ ROMAN:

Law is a rule of conduct, just, obligatory promulgated by legitimate authority, and of common
observance and benefit.

In a democracy, the objective of laws is to serve the best interests of the people and reflect their
highest aspirations.

The purpose of law is to preserve freedom and moral agency.
The rule of law requires that people should be governed by accepted rules, rather than by the
arbitrary decisions of rulers. These rules should be general and abstract, known and certain, and
apply equally to all individuals.
Constitutional governments are based on a previous commitment to freedom under the rule of
law. The essential attribute of constitutionalism is a legal limitation on government. Under
constitutionalism, rulers are not above the law, government power is divided with laws enacted
by one body and administered by another, and an independent judiciary exists to ensure laws are
administered objectively. An efficient and effective constitution allows government tofunction to
protect the lives and liberties of citizens without violating the rights of some to provide gains to
others.
Sanctions
Laws are the forcible means by which a government achieves its goals; they are coercions,
restrictions, prohibitions, or commands for action that attempt to regulate or change
the behavior or status of those individuals and institutions that are subject to the law.

To encourage individuals and institutions to comply with the law, each law has a mechanism of
enforcement, or authorized sanction (the "carrot or stick"), that is applied to accomplish the
intent of the law. Subsidies, fines, and imprisonment are examples of mechanisms that may be
used as the forcible sanction of a law.
no way to legalize polygamy/bigamy.