Liberal Sociology, Social action, and the laissez faire school

Those are pretty poor definitions of law, because they only address statutory law, and there are many other kinds of law.

The definition of law that I believe encompasses all kinds (it is from define: law in google search):



noun /lô/
laws, plural


1. The system of rules that a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and may enforce by the imposition of penalties

- - they were taken to court for breaking the law
- - a license is required by law
- - law enforcement

1. An individual rule as part of such a system

- - an initiative to tighten up the laws on pornography


This definition is broader and fits for all kinds of legal systems, instead of the ones that you provided.