'Law and Order' underlie all Political Systems.

Law and Order underlies all political systems. Whether Autocratic or Democratic, Law and Order is a prerequisite to all Governments. However, the type, structure, or kind of Law is different in the different Governmental systems. In a Democracy the Laws are passed by the People in their Representative capacity and rendered into Statutes. That would be Statutory Law. There is also a Common Law which is something akin to 'common sense'. Law 'regulates' the interactions of the People with themselves and with their social Institutions. The bottom line in all legislative enactments is the Freedom and Equality assured each and every Individual. The Freedom and Equality of the individual cannot be usurped. To be sure, any Law that usurps the Freedom and Equality of the Individual can be challenged as being Unconstitutional. Of course, Law becomes a 'malleable concept' that is attuned to the evolving social. Law is an extension of the Power to govern. It is a necessity to the Top, because the Power, situated at the Top, must reach all the way down to the Individuals at the Bottom. At that point, Law becomes Order. The two terms are pretty much interchangeable. In an Autocratic form, there is a big difference in the source and application of Law. The People themselves do not pass law, but are subject to Law. Law emanates from the Top and its purpose is to protect the Power at the Top. All law comes from the Top and the People have very little say-so. Of course, they also require some kind of Order at the Bottom, but the purpose is to insure that the Power stays at the Top.