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Laws change because society changes.
It used to be illegal for blacks and whites to dine in the same restaurant.
It used to be legal to beat your wife with a stick no thicker than your thumb.
Children used to have no rights whatsoever.
As the United States have progressed as a society, in a never ending fight for equality, the laws have changed because of actions of people like Martin Luther King.
Another example is that when gasoline powered vehicles were first sold in mass production, they emitted quite a bit of pollution. When it was realized that this was in fact very harmful to people, plants and animals, the laws changed to help protect ourselves and our environment.
The laws change because context changes. What may have been relevant two hundred years ago no longer is.
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∙ 14y agoRelevance; applicability; fairness.
A law is pointless if the crime is so unlikely to be committed that it wouldn't matter, and/or if it has no bearing on everyday life (what was considered illegal 50 years ago may now be quite acceptable). A law may not be worded in the ay it needs to be so that it does (or does not) apply to the crimes it intends (or doesn't intend) to define and punish. A law must be fair so that it can be acceptable as a part of the justice system; saying only people below a certain income or above a certain age can be guilty of some crimes is very unfair and very injust.
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They were important so the people would know what they should do and should not do. Before they wrote them down, lots of Romans got in trouble for breaking the laws that they didn't know, so that was not fair.
Why are the 10 commandments important?
The Ten Commandments are important because they are the laws God handed down to Moses on Mt. Sinai. The Old Testament had over 600 laws, but after the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Ten Commandments in the New Testament were the new laws for us to live by.
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Because Greece needed love and beaty
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it was important to get the water to crops
Is it important for congress to make laws bases on powers that are implies but not given?
So Congress can carry out its duties as times change
Do laws change values or do values change laws?
In fact, laws can be establish because of values. People creat laws depending on the values of their society, so values change laws.
What laws did Gandhi change?
Gandhi broke the unjust "salt laws".Gandhi believed in respect for all humans.the salt laws for one.
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