Laws should be flexible enough to take account of various circumstances, times, and places.
Though, effective governance of a country and dispensation of justice require impartial application of laws; times, circumstances, and places that define their relevance and effectiveness are all variables. Therefore, laws must be flexible enough to account for these variables. Yet, this flexibility must not come at the cost of consistency in delivering justice and governing the country.
Verily, laws must also be flexible to account for circumstances because exceptional circumstances demand exceptions to the law. In grave circumstances, it becomes indispensable for the administration to change even basic laws for the overall good and safety of the society. For instance, though free movement is the fundamental right of the people; it may be curbed in the event of a mass violence, pandemic or an attack forcing authorities to declare lockdown or national emergency. Conversely, on humanitarian grounds, laws must allow for granting clemency to non habitual offenders, whose circumstances forced them to choose the criminal path, to allow for their rehabilitation. Certainly, a person committing theft due to severe penuriousness for the first time cannot be considered on par with a repeat offender.
Secondly, laws lose relevance with the time. Many of the laws that govern countries today were formulated at the inception their constitution. Given that situations change over time, those laws may not be as relevant or effective at present as they were. For instance, due to the fear of trade deficit and domestic companies, many countries, by law, prohibited free trade. However, the need for globalization demands that nations negotiate free trade agreements, albeit with some regulations. Similarly, the effectiveness of any law in solving an issue is best tested by time. For example, sport betting was restricted in many countries for decades. Yet, the practice continued to become prevalent; and the countries realized that the activity cannot be curbed and should best be regulated by legalizing it with strict conditions. The change in law allowed for better government control of betting and reduced exploitation that was rampant in the clandestine operation previously. Therefore, laws must be considerate of the need of the times to remain relevant and effective.
Thirdly, a country is a diverse entity with various groups residing in different places practicing diverse culture, occupations, and ethics. Laws that are suitable for one group may be contrary to the interest of others. Therefore, to cater for the need of its diverse population, a country must be sensitive to their sentiments. It is for this reason that France had to legalize gay marriages; India had to revoke adultery laws; and so on. Lastly, places must also have significance in deciding the application or exemption of certain laws. For example, the basic right of every citizen to relocate, buy property, and settle anywhere within the country, may be not applicable for certain areas under government protection for conserving their ecosystem. Yet, this law must be flexible enough to exempt the tribal groups traditionally residing in forests.
However, without any objectivity in Law, judges would be forced to use their own opinions and social biases to deliver verdicts which could be, at times, different for the same offence. The ostensible flexibility of the law would then serve to weaken it; and render it a political tool of the mighty. Moreover, whimsical alteration and modifications of the laws by the government, every now and then, is also detrimental. People would not only lose the trust in the essence of the constitution but also the country would be chaotically dictated by the terms of the elected leaders taking turns every five years. Hence, flexibility and modifications in the laws must be provided and practiced with certain constraints and thorough deliberation of long-term consequences.
In conclusion, laws must indeed be flexible enough to account for the needs of the hour, circumstances and needs of the people, and significance of places. Yet, the practice of changing the law must be judicious; and be contingent upon careful evaluation of the importance of that change and its lasting repercussions and influence.
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Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 9, column 382, Rule ID: EVERY_NOW_AND_THEN[1]
Message: Use simply 'now and then'.
Suggestion: now and then
...ications of the laws by the government, every now and then, is also detrimental. People would not ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, conversely, first, hence, however, if, lastly, may, moreover, second, secondly, similarly, so, then, therefore, third, thirdly, for example, for instance, in conclusion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 30.0 19.5258426966 154% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 26.0 12.4196629213 209% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 30.0 14.8657303371 202% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 11.0 11.3162921348 97% => OK
Pronoun: 30.0 33.0505617978 91% => OK
Preposition: 89.0 58.6224719101 152% => OK
Nominalization: 33.0 12.9106741573 256% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3597.0 2235.4752809 161% => OK
No of words: 667.0 442.535393258 151% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.3928035982 5.05705443957 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.08196252842 4.55969084622 111% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.09184687412 2.79657885939 111% => OK
Unique words: 332.0 215.323595506 154% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.497751124438 0.4932671777 101% => OK
syllable_count: 1130.4 704.065955056 161% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Article: 10.0 4.99550561798 200% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 8.0 1.77640449438 450% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 8.0 4.38483146067 182% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 32.0 20.2370786517 158% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 43.956477054 60.3974514979 73% => OK
Chars per sentence: 112.40625 118.986275619 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.84375 23.4991977007 89% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.59375 5.21951772744 107% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 19.0 10.2758426966 185% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 5.13820224719 175% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.338407525508 0.243740707755 139% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0950585245318 0.0831039109588 114% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0813179903633 0.0758088955206 107% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.188071847367 0.150359130593 125% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0327041771653 0.0667264976115 49% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.4 14.1392134831 102% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 42.72 48.8420337079 87% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 12.1743820225 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.98 12.1639044944 115% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.15 8.38706741573 109% => OK
difficult_words: 191.0 100.480337079 190% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.5 11.8971910112 105% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.7820224719 119% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 30 minutes.
Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 9, column 382, Rule ID: EVERY_NOW_AND_THEN[1]
Message: Use simply 'now and then'.
Suggestion: now and then
...ications of the laws by the government, every now and then, is also detrimental. People would not ...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, conversely, first, hence, however, if, lastly, may, moreover, second, secondly, similarly, so, then, therefore, third, thirdly, for example, for instance, in conclusion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 30.0 19.5258426966 154% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 26.0 12.4196629213 209% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 30.0 14.8657303371 202% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 11.0 11.3162921348 97% => OK
Pronoun: 30.0 33.0505617978 91% => OK
Preposition: 89.0 58.6224719101 152% => OK
Nominalization: 33.0 12.9106741573 256% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3597.0 2235.4752809 161% => OK
No of words: 667.0 442.535393258 151% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.3928035982 5.05705443957 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.08196252842 4.55969084622 111% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.09184687412 2.79657885939 111% => OK
Unique words: 332.0 215.323595506 154% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.497751124438 0.4932671777 101% => OK
syllable_count: 1130.4 704.065955056 161% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Article: 10.0 4.99550561798 200% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 8.0 1.77640449438 450% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 8.0 4.38483146067 182% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 32.0 20.2370786517 158% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 43.956477054 60.3974514979 73% => OK
Chars per sentence: 112.40625 118.986275619 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.84375 23.4991977007 89% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.59375 5.21951772744 107% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 19.0 10.2758426966 185% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 5.13820224719 175% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.338407525508 0.243740707755 139% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0950585245318 0.0831039109588 114% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0813179903633 0.0758088955206 107% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.188071847367 0.150359130593 125% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0327041771653 0.0667264976115 49% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.4 14.1392134831 102% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 42.72 48.8420337079 87% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 12.1743820225 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.98 12.1639044944 115% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.15 8.38706741573 109% => OK
difficult_words: 191.0 100.480337079 190% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.5 11.8971910112 105% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.7820224719 119% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 30 minutes.
Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.