A HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF JUSTICE SYSTEM, ITS EVOLUTION AND STATE INSTITUTIONS

Abstract

A man is thought to be as a social animal. Humans like to live collectively in towns and cities. Naturally, when people live jointly, they have difference to each other on different issues. In civilized societies, differences are settled through rules and laws. There are different sources of these laws like tradition, customs, culture and divine knowledge. To maintain peace and solve their disputes humans introduced justice system. The primary notion of justice is to safeguard the rights of all citizens.  In the developed societies to secure peace and stability, rights are secured according to law irrespective of color, creed, language and race. Justice is the basic need of every human. The basic need of the justice is equality, impartiality and just dealing. This paper intends to offer the students of law a review of the historical progress that have develop the idea of the rule of law and sum up the prevalent conflicting  theories that have been prevalent in different society at different times in the history.