Laws protect our general safety, and ensure our rights as citizens against abuses by other people, by organizations, and by the government itself. We have laws to help provide for our general safety. These exist at the local, state and national levels, and include things like: Laws about food safety.

Why do we need the law?

We need the law to ensure equality and parity in communities. Many believe that a society without laws would be a society in a state of chaos. Without clear authority figures and punishments in place to deter people from, for example, stealing, anarchy would ensue.

What are 3 reasons we need laws?