Law and the State: A Philosophical Evaluation (Essay‪)‬

Introduction It is generally assumed that man is a socio-political animal, that man and society are mutually inextricable, and that no one can lead the life of the island (like the lonely Robinson Crusoe the ship-wrecked man trapped on an island). Such a world would simply be boring and meaningless. From the moment necessity endeared man to live beyond subsistence and evolve society, the questions have ever re-echoed: What is law? What is the role of law in the state? What are the rights and obligations of the citizens in the state? These rights and obligations vary from the intellectual, political, economic, judicial, to the freedom of expression, property ownership, equity and justice. However, the obligations and rights of the citizenry are actualized or negated according to the nature of law within a particular state.