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civics and citizenship (laws (Every day of our lives, we are influenced by…
civics and citizenship
laws
Every day of our lives, we are influenced by rules and regulations. From wearing a seatbelt when travelling in a car to buying a ticket to ride the bus, we come in contact with rules all the time.
The main reason we have laws is so that we can all get along. If there were no rules or laws at all, the world would become chaos because everybody would be able to do, say or take whatever they wanted.
Society needs rules or laws to guide us. Most laws are created by the government for our own good (see Source 1).
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There are a number of reasons why people obey the law. Many people understand that laws are there to protect us and that without them there is not much to stop someone who wanted to hurt, steal or exploit others
For example, schools and sporting clubs have rules. Some of these rules are non-legal rules, which means they are not enforceable by the government.
Rules do not just come from our government. There are many organisations and people who will create rules and regulations for the sake of organisation and protecting each other.
As a result, it is important for lawmakers to develop laws that citizens think are acceptable or understandable. This means people should understand why the law exists, and it should reflect their own values of right and wrong.
The law protects us from a world without rules, in which we are not all necessarily able to protect ourselves.
For example, it might break your school’s rules to be late for class, but you will not be arrested by the police for this. It would be up to your teachers, parents or principal to decide how you will be punished.
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Law is a system of rules that are created and enforced through social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior.
Laws, on the other hand, are legal rules made by law-makers. This means they can be enforced by the courts or police. For example, if you stole something from your school’s canteen, you would not just be breaking your school’s rules, you would also be breaking the law.
The lawmakers involved in making our legal rules include parliaments (state and federal), local councils and the courts.
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Australia’s laws can come about in two ways. Statutory laws are those that are made and passed by parliament
Common law is created when a judge has to make a ruling about a case that is not covered by statutory law.
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here are many reasons why people obey the law People obey the law because of religious values, fear of punishment, costs, and it protects the weak.
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