Legal Literacy - This article provides a brief explanation of Legal Science. Legal Science here includes the definition, function, and classification of law. Read more to understand legal science!

Humans are social beings and are called by Aristotle as zoon politicon, which means that humans are living beings who always want to live together. Living in society is a human nature, which is formed when two or more individuals live together, resulting in social interaction that causes acquaintance between each individual. Legal Science is part of the social system's working apparatus. The task of Legal Science is to achieve justice, which is the harmony between the value of legal interests (rechtszekerheid).

Law is universal and develops according to the dynamics of society, so that Legal Science becomes an arrangement of problems as human interaction develops. The scope of Legal Science is very broad, covering aspects of life, and becoming an inseparable part of human life. Some definitions of law from experts can be explained as follows:

1. Hillian Seagle

black cat in the bag of legal science

 

2. Friedman 

law is in the air, invisible and intangible, even usually as soft as air in normal touch. Legal Science is a word with many meanings, as slippery as glass, as agile as a soap bubble. Law is a concept, abstraction, social construction and not a real object in the world around us.

 

3. Sir Frederick Pollock

that there is no doubt from a law student to define what is meant by “estate”, but on the contrary, the greater the opportunity for a law scholar to explore knowledge, and the more time given to study the principles of law, the more hesitant he will be when faced with the question of what is law?

 

4. Mr. Dr. I. Kisch

because law cannot be captured by the five senses, it is difficult to make a definition of law that can satisfy people in general

 

5. Black

law is governmental social control. In this case, Black describes law as an effort of social control by the state by using legislation, litigation, and adjudication, distinguishing between behavior controlled by other forms of social control such as manners, customs, and bureaucracy

 

6. Hugo Grotius

law is a moral rule that is in accordance with what is right”. This means that in Grotius' view, law must be in accordance with correct values in order to be said to be a good law;
Hans Kelsen: “law is a coercive command towards human behavior. Law is a primary norm that establishes sanctions

7. Roscoe Pound