Journal #2 The Importance of Written or Documented Rules

In order for any country to run and govern itself effectively it must have some form of law. Laws keep the people from doing things that might harm others or the country as a whole. Without some form of documented rules, the judicial system would not be able to be fair. When rules are written down they can be revisited during a court case or a technicality. In order for the courts to be fair, there must be a documented form of rules for the court to refer to. Otherwise, the judge or lawyers could make things false laws in order to get what they want. With a set of documented rules corruption can be filtered down much more than if there is no written form of the laws.
Also, documented laws are important because it allows the population in a soceitey to get along and funtion properly. If their were no laws nobody would respect each others property or privacy as much. Crimes would be commited much more because if something isn't documented it can't technically be brought against you in a trial assuming the courts are being fair. Neighbors would constantly steal and take from each other because there are no laws protecting privacy. Documented laws are very necessary in order for people to effectively get along and cooperate together. Without them, things could quickly go wrong and a civilization would falter without them.
Basically every civilization had some form of laws. Especially the major civilizations. Some were based off extremely strict rules and others were much less strict. For instance, in Hammurabi's code, an early documentation of rules, a child could have their hand cut off for disrespecting their parents. In America's system, the child does not get in serious trouble by disrespecting a parent. The parent might punish them to the extent they see necassary, but the child gets to keep their hands. The Roman empire also had thier own set of documented rules. They had one of the greatest empires of all time and they would not have been able to manage it without a documented rule system.
Rules can be found anywhere you go. They are meant to keep order and peace. Sometimes a rule is fair and helpful, but occasionally you find one that you dis-agree with and find it should be eliminated. It is just a process of life. Which, without rules, our lives would not be very structured at all, so it evens out.