The law is inadequate in protecting people from injustice
Homework – The law is inadequate in protecting people from injustice
Nowadays, we can see a lot of injustice exists all around the world. What is injustice? Injustice is defined as an unfair treatment, a situation in which the rights of a person or a group of people are ignored. Undeniably, Injustice is the absence of justice and violation of right or of the rights of another. As an example, crime, murder, slavery, and the lists goes on. In order to protect people from injustice, and hence law exists in the world. Law is the system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties. But, is it possible for law to protect people from injustice? According to Honoré de Balzac (novelist), “Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.”
Naturally, the law itself, literally speaking, cannot protect people, but, laws are made up as we go along (evolve socially) in order to set guidelines or "rules" for each of us to live by; thereby in a sense of the word, protecting us all from each other. Laws are carefully thought out and engineered as need arises to provide, basically, safety and financial security. Once in place, they are enforced by various levels of government. This system works only if everyone adheres to the rules, and, for the most part, we do; however there are those who either forget or intentionally ignore the law for their own selfish gains. A simple example is the person who is speeding in their car. If, for any given situation, there is a "law" or "rule", stop and fully consider how NOT obeying the rule might negatively impact or hurt another person. Then reverse the situation and consider that YOU might be that person.
Apart from that, even though legal slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire 180 years ago. William Wilberforce’s Slave Trade Act 1807 abolished the slave trade in the British
Nowadays, we can see a lot of injustice exists all around the world. What is injustice? Injustice is defined as an unfair treatment, a situation in which the rights of a person or a group of people are ignored. Undeniably, Injustice is the absence of justice and violation of right or of the rights of another. As an example, crime, murder, slavery, and the lists goes on. In order to protect people from injustice, and hence law exists in the world. Law is the system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties. But, is it possible for law to protect people from injustice? According to Honoré de Balzac (novelist), “Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.”
Naturally, the law itself, literally speaking, cannot protect people, but, laws are made up as we go along (evolve socially) in order to set guidelines or "rules" for each of us to live by; thereby in a sense of the word, protecting us all from each other. Laws are carefully thought out and engineered as need arises to provide, basically, safety and financial security. Once in place, they are enforced by various levels of government. This system works only if everyone adheres to the rules, and, for the most part, we do; however there are those who either forget or intentionally ignore the law for their own selfish gains. A simple example is the person who is speeding in their car. If, for any given situation, there is a "law" or "rule", stop and fully consider how NOT obeying the rule might negatively impact or hurt another person. Then reverse the situation and consider that YOU might be that person.
Apart from that, even though legal slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire 180 years ago. William Wilberforce’s Slave Trade Act 1807 abolished the slave trade in the British