The law not only guarantees the freedom of the individual but ensures inner peace as well. At first glance, this appears paradoxical due to the fact that the law restricts freedom in various ways. In a society in which a lot of people live together in a small area, however, there can be no unobstructed freedom. If the right of the other begins, freedom ends.
The law regulates private legal relationships
The law not only protects peace and freedom in society, but it also provides a system of legal rules in which the individual can shape his legal relationships on his own responsibility. The lawyers call this private autonomy.
For example, if someone wants to build a house or a business establishment like AAAC Wildlife Removal, they first purchase a piece of land by means of a sales contract. He is entered in the land register as the new owner, so his property is secured. Then he concludes contracts with the architect and the various craftsmen about the construction. The builder can demand their services by the means of law, just as his contractual partners have a right to the agreed payment for their services. Such agreements are “legally effective”; the legal system guarantees that they will be observed.
Such legal regulations are part of everyday life. Every purchase comes about through a sales contract. Tenancy law is another example of legally regulated relationships between contractual partners. Inheritance law even provides for dispositions beyond death.
The law shapes society
Securing peace and freedom and guaranteeing private autonomy are core components of the liberal constitutional state.
The social rule of law also actively intervenes in all areas of personal, social and economic life. Statutory regulations protect the weaker and ensure that social differences are balanced.
Labor law, for example, contains numerous provisions for the protection of employees: protection against dismissal, working time limits, continued wages, protection against the dangers of working life, protection of mothers and young people, participation.
Antitrust law ensures economic competition. For example, it prohibits price-fixing by entrepreneurs and is intended to prevent individual companies from gaining a dominant position.
The rapid social change, the limited natural basis of life, the development of new technologies force the state to intervene to control and shape ever new living conditions. Here, too, the state primarily uses the law.
