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Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus ticket to trading on derivatives markets. Constitutional law provides a framework for the creation of law, the protection of human rights and the election of political representatives. Administrative law is used to review the decisions of government agencies, while international law governs affairs between sovereign states in activities ranging from trade to environmental regulation or military action. "The rule of law is better than the rule of any individual.