GEOLOGY 002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Sustainable Energy, Legal Certainty, Meddle
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Law is closely connected to the state : On one hand because the state creates most of the law. On the other hand because the state itself is regulated by the law. Through the monopolization enforcement : improved legal certainty. Boosted productivity facilitated peaceful commerce between people: constitutional law : Contains rules on the organization of a state. Rules on the power that state organs possess. Provides fundamental rights that protect the legal position of individuals against the state (e. g. human rights law , judicial review, administrative law) Sometimes restricts politics from making specific choices: role of the state : Provides peace, order and stability ( foreign affairs, defense, police. People expect the state to provide protection for the needy, young and elderly. Provide a clean environment, roads, jobs, decent working conditions and proper wages, a sewage system, schools, culture, health care and sustainable energy. The most important constitutional rules have been laid down in a central written document.
