It  is  needed,  therefore,  not  to  attempt  at  the  outset  an
accurate  definition  of  Law,  sure  to  end  in  controversy  or
failure,  but  to  ascertain,  for  the  present  in  a  very  general
way,  what  are  some  of  its  main  and  essential  characteristics
as  we  find  them  in  fact  existing  to-day  in  order  tiiat  we  may
be  able  to  identify  it  when  we  discover  it  cropping  out  from
the  action  and  re-action  of  men  upon  each  other.   It  will
answer  the  purpose  to  point  out  four,  for  while  there  are
others,  v;e  may  leave  them  to  be  developed  as  we  proceed.
