Anbarasan. E, B.B.A. LL.B (Hons.), Alliance School of Law
INTRODUCTION:
Law has been defined variously by jurists from various perspectives. It has been referred to as Hukum in Islamic law and Dharma in Hindu law. Romans referred to it as Jus, and Richt and Droit, respectively, are the names used in Germany and France.
In the majority of the world's nations, the idea of the rule of law prevails. According to the principle of the rule of law, neither the people nor the government they choose to lead them are above the law. It is a fundamental tenet that all individuals and organizations must submit to and be held accountable by justly implemented and executed laws;
According to Paton, morality, or morals, is the study of the highest good. The concepts of right and wrong behaviour, as well as the goodness or evil of human character, are the subject of morals.
Early on in human history, morality and law were not distinct, therefore they were not opposed to one another. Like their Western counterparts, ancient Hindu jurists did not discriminate between morality and the rule of law. Religion or the individual's own conscience serve as the foundation for morality.
According to the post-Reformation European perspective of the time, law and morality are separate concepts that are not linked to one another1. But when natural law theories gained popularity in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, law was once more connected to morality. The substantial influence of analytical positivism led to the elimination of morality and jurisprudence from legal studies, and an emphasis on just legal principles.
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