Document Title: Sources and category of laws applicable in Uganda

Paper code: 13109

Sources and category of laws applicable in Uganda

Question: Explain sources and category of laws applicable in Uganda.

Law can be defined as a body of rules for guidance of human conduct imposed and enforced among members of society (Heylighen et al., 2018).  It can also be defined as a system and process of the means of social control forcing social order in society. Law justly promulgated and justly applied is the bedrock of individual liberty and social progress. Law is a written body of rules of conduct applicable to all members of a defined community, society, or culture that emanate from a governing authority and are enforced by its agents by the imposition of penalties for their violation.

Law has several sources in Uganda, including constitutions, statutes, and judicial opinions, or case law. In Uganda, laws define the appropriate conduct for the members of a society and also provide protections for individuals from interference in their lives by other entities, including other people and the government. In the following section I discuss sources of law;