法律

法律（） 是一種由規則組成个體系，經由社會組織來施與強制力量，規範個人行爲。法律是一系列个規則，通常需要經由一套制度來落實。Robertson, Crimes against humanity, 90; see jurisprudence for extensive debate on what law is; H.L.A Hart argued law is a "system of rules" in his work The Concept of Law (Campbell, The Contribution of Legal Studies, 184); John Austin said law was "the command of a sovereign, backed by the threat of a sanction" (Bix, John Austin); Ronald Dworkin describes law as an "interpretive concept" to achieve justice (Dworkin, Law's Empire, 410); and Joseph Raz argues law is an "authority" to mediate people's interests (Raz, The Authority of Law, 3–36). 但在弗同个地方，法律體系會得以弗同个方式來闡述人們个法律權利搭仔義務。其中一種區分个方式嚜就是分爲歐陸法系搭英美法系兩種。有排國家則會得以佢拉个宗教法條爲其法律个基礎。

學者們從交關弗同个角度來研究法律，包括從法制史搭哲學，或從像經濟學與社會學等社會科學个方面來探討。法律个研究來自於對何爲平等、公正搭正義等問題个訊問，箇並弗儕總是簡單个。法国作家阿納托爾·法郎士垃1894年話歇：「在其崇高个平等之下，法律同時禁止富人搭窮人睏垃橋下、在街丄乞討搭偷一塊麵包。」佢法文原文爲：「la loi, dans un grand souci d'égalité, interdit aux riches comme aux pauvres de coucher sous les ponts, de mendier dans les rues et de voler du pain」 (France, The Red Lilly, Chapter VII).

在一隻典型个三權分立國家裏向，創造搭仔解釋法律个核心機構爲政府个三大部門：公正弗倚个司法、民主个立法搭負責个行政。而官僚、軍事搭警力則是執行法律，並且讓法律爲人民服務辰光相當重要个部分。除此之外，若要支持整個法律系統个運作，同時帶動法律个進步，乃末獨立自主个法律專業人員搭充滿生氣个公民社會也是弗可或缺个一部分。

古希臘哲學家亞里士多德垃公元前350年寫道：「法治比任何一個人个統治來得更好。」n.b. this translation reads, "it is more proper that law should govern than any one of the citizens" (Aristotle, Politics 3.16).

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 外部連結 
 司法資源
 The European Court of Justice Webpage 
 The European Court of Human Rights' Webpage
 字典
 Law.com.
 Wiktionary Appendix on legal terms.
 其他
 The Australian Institute of Comparative Legal Systems 
 Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:
 Law and Ideology
 Law and Language
 The Nature of Law
 The shared law  in Jurispedia
 The Roman Law Library
 Laws and Bioethics 
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 USLawInfo (US) 
 MojoLaw (US)
 FindLaw (US)
 LegalDay (UK) 
 The 'Lectric Law Library (US)
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