First, Law legitimates the actions of the public authorities through certain rules

that state their competences, procedures and limits of those actions.

Second, law also legitimates the actions of private individuals, and it’s not
unusual that these private individuals also use the legal rules and the behaviors stated in
these rules as forbidden, permitted or compulsory, to justify their actions.
- Allocate power
- Order society
- Control individuals
- Dispense justice
- Change siciety