Yale Law School
In 1972, Baron Hampstead suggested that no such definition could presumably be produced. McCoubrey and White stated that the question “what’s law?” has no easy answer. Glanville Williams said that the which means of the word “law” is decided by the context during which that word is used. He said that, for example, “early customary law” and “municipal law” had been contexts where the word “law” had two different and irreconcilable meanings. Thurman Arnold mentioned that it’s obvious that it’s inconceivable to outline the word “law” and that it is also equally apparent that the wrestle to define that word …
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