COMM 393 Chapter 1-10: COMMLAW-TEXTBOOK-NOTES
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The law sets basic standards of behavior that are enforced by government and also by individuals and groups with the help of government. Law not only forbids harmful conduct, it prescribes simple but vital rules that allow us to get on with our everyday lives. Law allows government to act for the benefit of society as a whole. Rule of law established legal principles that treat all persons equally and that government itself obeys law binds everyone. Public law law that regulates the conduct of government and the relations between government and private persons. Private law law that regulates the relations between private persons and groups of private persons. Laws must be just so that most of society views them as fair and therefore voluntarily complies. Morals and ethics on the other hand, are optional standards of behavior that people should observe even though its not compulsory. Morals and ethics are a higher standard than the law.
