Law has been defined as “a body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by a controlling authority, and having binding legal

force. That which

must be obeyed and followed by citizens subject to sanctions or legal consequence is a law.”

Although intended to protect the fundamental rights and liberties of U.S. citizens, the legal system and its laws are not always readily

understood by the average citizen. At what point do we cross that fine line between legal and illegal, and on what basis is that line even drawn

in the first place?

Getting rid of obsolete laws is a little harder because bulk alone does not answer the question of whether a law has outlived its usefulness. Part

of the problem is that most laws have desirable features, along with others that should be repealed, but it is time-consuming to go through them

section by section. In addition, some laws may be out of date, but are not causing any current harm because no one currently enforces them,

perhaps because all of the compliance took place long ago. Thus, we should distinguish between laws that are obsolete and harmful, and which

should be amended or repealed, and those which are just no longer relevant.

A more nuanced way to attack those problems is to start with the larger objects, those taking up the most room. If you can get rid of a few of

them, the problem will be more manageable. It is not necessary to read each paper in every drawer to make some progress.

Society changes over time and so the views and values of its citizens. Law reform is the process of changing and updating laws so that they

reflect the current values and needs of modern society.

Law reform is the process of changing and updating laws so that they reflect the current values and needs of modern society. Those responsible

for making our laws must identify and study shifts in values, behaviors and expectations; they must consider whether new or amended laws are

required; they must develop and implement these changes. Law reform is a perpetual or ongoing process: it never finishes.
The law must be flexible and receptive to change, so that stays fair, relevant and up to date. Above all, it must serve the needs of the people. A

law based on outdated or irrelevant values will only let down the people it is intended to serve and protect. The law must also be able to respond

to situations and scenarios thrown up by a changing society, such as new forms of criminal activity.

Changing social values, ethics, technology

Sometimes law reform is driven not by social change but by procedure. It is sometimes necessary to simplify or ‘tidy up’ the law, to make it

easier to access and understand, or to ensure it is more consistent for all Australians.

Consolidating legislation. A bill that repeals two or more existing pieces of legislation and combines their content in the one act. This not only

removes unnecessary legislation, it also simplifies access by having related laws under the same Act of Parliament.

These changes may not be ‘reforms’ as such, because they may not change the substantive meaning of the law. True law reform occurs because

society has changed and the law needs to change with it.

Imppp. Law reform must be to engage the general public in the process of reconceiving the law to ensure that it is relevant, responsive,

effective, equally accessible to all, and just. Law is not brute fact, but is a fragile human accomplishment, which is at once a powerful and

dynamic human institution. It reflects, at the same time as it helps to shape, the character of a society. Law is a powerful lens through which

citizens are able to view and judge their society. Over time, it comes to express citizens’ beliefs and convictions as well as their prejudices and

pathologies.

It is often said that education is too important to be left to professional educators alone. If that is so, we might derive the corollary that

lawreform is too important to be left solely to professional law reformers. In a liberal democracy, citizens are always the most important law

reformers. In the end, the success of law depends on finding in personal interactions a framework of norms to nurture meaningful interpersonal

relationships. These relationships develop through the interplay of social, cultural, religious and economic forces, which also shape how official

law acknowledges them. In turn, official law plays back into the diverse social-cultural understandings that ground multiple regimes of

everyday, unofficial law.

The Aircraft Act, 1934

The law defines an aircraft as "any machine which can derive support in the atmosphere from reactions of the air". So it includes "balloons,

whether fixed or free, airships, kites, gliders and flying machines".

It also says only the government can make rules regarding "possession, use, operation, sale, import or export of any aircraft or class of aircraft".

By this logic, it would be illegal to fly kites and balloons without government clearance in India.