why we need law

To maintain law and order: law prevents people from doing whatever they want. citizens need to feel safe and protected. 
protecting individual freedoms: without freedoms, lives would be restricted. 
Regulating relationships: law must be able to regulate a successful outcome if citizens disagree. Setting standards: sets a level of standard that a person must achieve. if someone falls below this standard, the law must intervene.

• provide minimum standards of acceptable behaviour

• provide a method of obtaining justice and resolving disputes

• promote order in society