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Law and its Forms

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Law:   Definition: It is the body of rule applied equally to the administration of justice. Form of law:  Laws are either  substantive: Substantive laws are also called defining laws adjective: adjective laws are also called  procedural laws. procedural law is the machinery to implement the substantive law or the mechanism or procedure or the ways and means to do so. The end of all law is to do justice, to protect rights of the people who are subject to it.

what is criminal law

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criminal law  Criminal law:  Definition: A system of law concerned with the punishment of offenders. Criminal law is the body of  rules   that narrates crimes . It forbids conduct alleged as hostile, detrimental, or otherwise threatening to the property, health, safety, and moral well-being of people.  Most criminal law is established by statute considering laws are enacted by a legislature( an act of parliament). It includes the punishment of people who violate these laws.