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TOPIC: ISSUE17 - "There are two types of laws: just and unjust. Every individual in a society has a responsibility to obey just laws and, even more importantly, to disobey and resist unjust laws."

Law is a system of rules, shaping politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a primary social mediator of relations between people. Just as Lady Justice represents, law is to give impartial trial and to be just. However, agreement can hardly be reached when people judge a law just or not. Therefore, to make the society live in harmonious, it is crucial for citizens to follow the law and order no matter how they consider law.

Each person may hold his or her own view on the fairness of a law. Their criteria in the judgment differ from each others since people from different countries share different social and cultural background or view on value. For instance, if you are a devout Catholic, you should not get divorced. Since Ireland is a country with lots of Catholics, people there may consider the rule as a way to show respect to love. Yet, people in Thailand can hardly agree with the law as plural marriage is very common in their traditional life. Due to the disparate cultural background, people from both country share extremely different view on marriage and both of them will judge the law in the other country as unfair.As a result, when people are judging whether the laws are impartial or not, they can not avoid being prejudiced and preferring what benefits them. That is to say, it is hard to judge laws by human strength.

Although human factors alone can not be the criteria judging the fairness of laws, whether the laws are unbiased or not can be proved by the test of time. In the ancient China, females, labeled as labor in a family, were not allowed to go to study or take part in imperial examinations. Only males have the opportunities to enjoy successful status in the society. However, no females considered it as unjust at that time, and they got accustomed to their lives. It had been a long time until the law was abolished. Nowadays, both females and males can have the equal opportunities to get educated or trained. After enduring the test of time, such a law turned out to be unjust in new period. So the passing time and history can be the best tester.

However, some people will disobey or restrict the current law as they think the law is biased, which may break the present law system. Since every law is the collection of rules imposed by authority, people who disobey it will be punished by force of law. It is advisable for everyone to follow all the laws and offer a proposal to the legislative branch if there seems to be some biased laws. When every citizen turns a blind eye to laws, the public security order will be poor and the overall smooth development of a society can never been achieved. What’s more, the concerning legislative branch should not overlook what citizens suggests. They must take everything useful into consideration and make an impartial conclusion in order to prove current laws.

To sum up, the standard of biased and unbiased laws is not a straightforward issue. No matter how people consider laws, obeying it should be high on the list to ensure the public security order in a society. On the premise of that, both citizens and the legislative branch should work together to set more effective laws.