Overview
- Each response shall equate to 12.5% each with a collective total of 50% of your overall mark.
- You should submit this assignment by sending the answers to your tutor.
- This assignment should be completed within 3 months of enrolling in the unit.

Instructions
- You are to write 4 short responses of around 125 words each based on the content in the unit's modules. Each response should be a reflection on how that module added to and changed your understanding of the law. You are required to respond to all 4 modules.

Overview
- This assignment should be completed after reviewing all of the modules.
- You should submit this assignment by sending it to your Tutor.
- This assignment should be completed within 3 months of enrolling in the unit.

Instructions
-In at least 500 words respond to 1 of the following questions:

Q.1 What are the key similarities and differences between different legal theories and in your view, which theory or theories is/are the most prevalent in modern jurisprudence?

Q.2 What is the 'rule of law' and in your view, which legal system best applies this principle in practice?

Estimated time to complete module: 5mins

Law is a system of rules created and enforced through social or governmental institutions to regulate behaviour, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and the art of justice. State-enforced laws can be made by a group legislature or by a single legislator, resulting in statutes; by the executive through decrees and regulations; or established by judges through precedent, usually in common law jurisdictions. Private individuals may create legally binding contracts, including arbitration agreements that adopt alternative ways of resolving disputes to standard court litigation. The creation of laws themselves may be influenced by a constitution, written or tacit, and the rights encoded therein. The law shapes politics, economics, history and society in various ways and serves as a mediator of relations between people.

Legal systems vary between countries, with their differences analysed in comparative law. In civil law jurisdictions, a legislature or other central body codifies and consolidates the law. In common law systems, judges make binding case law through precedent, although on occasion this may be overturned by a higher court or the legislature. Historically, religious law influenced secular matters, and is still used in some religious communities. Sharia law based on Islamic principles is used as the primary legal system in several countries, including Iran and Saudi Arabia.

Law's scope can be divided into two domains. Public law concerns government and society, including constitutional law, administrative law, and criminal law. Private law deals with legal disputes between individuals and/or organisations in areas such as contracts, property, torts/delicts and commercial law. This distinction is stronger in civil law countries, particularly those with a separate system of administrative courts; by contrast, the public-private law divide is less pronounced in common law jurisdictions.

Law provides a source of scholarly inquiry into legal history, philosophy, economic analysis and sociology. Law also raises important and complex issues concerning equality, fairness, and justice.

(Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law)

Video:What is the Rule of Law? - The Law Society of New South Wales

Video:Jurisprudence - Natural Law - The Law Simplified

Critical Legal Theory - Cornell Law School

LAW121 - Positivist Legal Theory - YouTube User: mohsenalattar1

Video:The Sources of Law - Dr Wernaart

Video:Common Law vs Civil Law - Ops IRC
Note: Election of judges in the common law system is primarily a phenomenon in local and state-based jurisdictions of the United States. Other common law jurisdictions such as the UK, Canada & New Zealand have judges appointed, typically by the Attorney-General.

Video:What is 'Common Law' - Center for Civic Education

Video:What is the Difference Between Common Law and Civil Law? - House of History

This video focuses on an explanation of Sharia Law. Other religious laws enforced through national courts include Catholic Cannon Law (Vatican City) and Halakha or Jewish Law in Israel.

Video:Sharia Law, Misconceptions & Amputations - Muslim Central