Introduction to Jurisprudence Understanding Humans, Law, and Social Norms

By Mahdan adan

14 Dec 2024 09:29 WIB 14 December 2024 09:29 WIB 5 minutes reading time: 5 minutes 1 read

This article discusses the role of law in regulating social life, maintaining order, protecting individual rights, and ensuring justice in society

Introduction to Jurisprudence Understanding Humans, Law, and Social Norms

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Introduction to Law Understanding Humans, Law, and Social Norms
Humans as Social Beings
Law as a Social Norm
Function of Law in Social Life

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Legal Literacy - Understanding the role of humans as social beings and law as a social norm that regulates life. This article explains the function of law in maintaining order, protecting human rights, and creating justice for a harmonious society.

Law is a system of rules that governs how we interact with each other in society. Its main objective is to maintain order, provide justice, and protect individual rights. However, before we discuss law further, it is good to first understand some of the basic concepts that underlie it, namely about humans as social beings and the role of law as a social norm in everyday life.

By nature, humans are social beings. Since birth, we have been in social bonds that require us to interact with others. Unlike other living things that can live alone, humans need others to survive, both in terms of meeting basic needs such as food and shelter, as well as in emotional and psychological terms.

Human social life is formed through interactions in various groups, such as family, friends, co-workers, and even in the wider community. Each individual has a different social role, depending on their place in that society. For example, a child has a role as a student, while an adult can have a role as a worker, parent, or citizen.

However, living in society does not always run smoothly. Differences in interests, views, and goals can lead to conflict. Therefore, rules are needed to maintain harmony and regulate relations between individuals and groups so that everyone can live peacefully and safely.