Meaning and Linkage of Law Introduction The first duty of man as ‘a political animal’ was to create an orderly society from the nasty, brutish and short life he found himself. Thus, man needs a political and legal system to create order and this prompted him to enter into a contract with elders or kings or men of valour to make laws. The above scenario marked the beginning of human administration with a view to provide good governance, unity, peace, progress and social justice. What is Politics? The word “politics” is derived from the Greek word ‘Polis’, meaning a city. In ancient Greece, the basic unit of human organisation, coterminous with the State, was the city. From ‘Polis ‘ came the word ‘Polities’ meaning ‘citizen’, and ‘Politikos’, an adjective meaning ‘appertaining to the city, the citizen, and citizenship’. (Khan, et al, 1987:3). The truth remains that the entire gamut of human activities fa...
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