Eduardo Perez

Dr. Anne Delaney

BUSN 315
26 August 2014

Law is not an easy term to define. It has been a concept that has developed
throughout the centuries, and for this reason, several civilizations have modified its
definition according to the social circumstances that they have faced. The rise of the first
civilizations also brought rules that controlled them, no matter how primitive they were.
There has never been such thing as an organization of human race that would not be
subjected to collective values, regardless of how rude or barbarous this organization could
be, or how more or less stable these collective values were.
The fact is that the development of law has progressed completely in conjunction
with the human race itself. Aristotle (384322 BC) once implied that the law was a
milestone for the human race and one of the greatest reasons why humanity had a
privileged position in the world, compared to all creatures, At his best, man is the noblest
of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. The necessity of law is
almost inherent to the human race, as law itself is a materialization of societys shared
values and wisdom.
These shared values of any form of human organization are fundamentally based on
the notion of what is right and what is wrong. Therefore, if any member of a society acts in
accordance to what the society he or she belongs to holds as good, this individual would
fulfill what society expects from him or her. On the other hand, if the individual acts in
antagonism to these collective values, he or she could be rejected or condemned by the
society in question.
Following this further, these shared values, as they become more widely accepted
by the society, can grow into unchangeable principles that guide the behavior of the
members of the society, in order to provide and preserve a peaceful development. In other
words, the shared values of a society become laws.