Chapter 01 Sources Of Law

This document provides an overview of law and its sources in India. It defines law and discusses its key purposes and functions which include making human associations possible, ensuring orderly conduct, and achieving justice, continuity and impartiality. It classifies law into public law and private law. The principal sources of law discussed are customs, judicial precedents, and statutes. Customary law derives from long-standing practices while precedents provide consistency through the doctrine of stare decisis. Statutes are laws passed by legislatures. The document also discusses the hierarchy of courts in India and how higher courts' rulings bind lower courts.