Date of Publication :27th November 2014
Abstract: Today the law has to play a major role in a society because the human activity has expanded and consequently the role of the law has increased and has become more crucial. Not only the role has increased but it has also changed in a considerable manner. In the ancient period the nature of law and the functions of law were different; however, the nature and functions of law of today have changed because the law revolves around the society and the society is of dynamic nature which keeps on changing. Custom as a source of law is very important because customs and morality are regarded as internal agencies of control where as legislation is considered to be an external agency of control and that is why it is subject to limitation. The law has to perform some functions out of which justice, stability, and peaceful change are very important. Those stability and peaceful change are seemingly opposite concept still the law has to skillfully achieve and maintain both of them.
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- Robert P. George., Natural Law Theory. (Oxford University Press)
- Francis Oakley., Natural Law, Laws of Nature, Natural Rights. (The Continuum International Publishing Group Inc.)
- Robert P. George., In Defense of Natural Law. (Oxford University Press)