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1. Legal Systems

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   Legal systems are the formalized structures of rules, customs, and institutions established by a sovereign political authority to govern social behavior within a defined jurisdiction. These frameworks dictate acceptable conduct, prescribe remedies for deviations, and delineate the processes by which disputes are resolved and penalties are administered. Virtually all functional societies rely on some form of legal system, though their complexity, transparency, and philosophical underpinnings vary dramatically across history and geography [Huxley…