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    There have been several unsuccessful attempts to produce an universally accepted definition of law. Scholars note that defining law has no simple answer as the meaning depends on the context of how the term is used. While some argue it is impossible to define law, others maintain the struggle to define the term should not be abandoned despite difficulties.

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    There have been several unsuccessful attempts to produce an universally accepted definition of law. Scholars note that defining law has no simple answer as the meaning depends on the context of how the term is used. While some argue it is impossible to define law, others maintain the struggle to define the term should not be abandoned despite difficulties.

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    Whether it is possible or desirable to define law [edit]

    There have been several attempts to produce "a universally acceptable


    definition of law". In 1972, one source indicated that no such definition
    could be produced.[7] McCoubrey and White said that the question "what is
    law?" has no simple answer.[8] Glanville Williams said that the meaning of
    the word "law" depends on the context in which that word is used. He said
    that, for example, "early customary law" and "municipal law" were contexts
    where the word "law" had two different and irreconcilable meanings.[9]
    Thurman Arnold said that it is obvious that it is impossible to define the
    word "law" and that it is also equally obvious that the struggle to define that
    word should not ever be abandoned.[10] It is possible to take the view that
    there is no need to define the word "law" (e.g. "let's forget about
    generalities and get down to cases").[11]

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