The legal system is made up of 3 parts: 1) A legislative branch, who pass the laws that represent the will of the people; 2) An executive branch, who ensures that all enacted legislation is enforced; 3) And a judicial branch who determines if there has been violations of the law. This form of law is called checks and balances, meaning that each serves a purpose so that not one of the branches has more power than another. For example: The executive branch can veto bills from the legislative, but the legislative can override the veto. Because of the system of checks and balances I believe that our legal system is great in doing the purpose it was created for. Equality among each other is something that has to be present or the branches would run amok arguing over who is right or has more power.
“No one person can possibly know the entire body of law.” (Essentials of Business Law, Liuzzo, pg 3)
This quote basically rules out one body of government by saying that they can’t do everything alone. The different branches of government are there to help each other out, because it would be impossible for one branch to pass a law, enforce it, and determine if something is in violation of that law. So with that said, the legal system in which the United States has created is one of the best in the world. But like any other system, there are ways to defeat it and there are loop-holes. But these are minor to the fact that the way our checks and balances system works is because of the security in which it operates. One branch must abide by another’s rules, and vice-versa, and this makes it great.
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