The Nature of Law

1. Rules divinely ordained or framed within the divine dispensation
2. A reflection of divine reason
3. The embodiment of ancient tradition
4. A crystallization of reason and commonsense
5. A body of agreement among the members of the society
6. A reflection of the general will
7. The command of the sovereign
8. The reflection of the history, culture and needs of a given society
9. A reconciliation of freewill and general freedom
10. The product of evolutionary forces
11. A hierarchy of normative relations
12. The decisions of the courts
13. The application of freely found principles of justice and equity
14. The rules consolidating the economic interests of the dominant class
15. The enterprise of subjecting human conduct to the government rules
16. The conditions making social existence possible in organised groups