EXAMINING THE ROLE OF THE MARRIAGE BETWEEN LAW, ARTS AND CULTURE TO THE SOCIETY
Keywords:
Law, Culture, Society, Arts, Literature.Abstract
The trio of law, arts and culture together constitute an area of hot discourse in any inquiry into
making a distinction between humans and the species of the wild. This paper discusses law, arts
and culture, reason being that law reflects the culture of a society which it governs and the society’s
arts is in-built in the culture of the society. These issues are examined in the perspectives of law
and arts, arts and culture; and culture and law with the authors’ aim of bringing the diverse
literatures on this topic into coming to a common ground that can lay to rest the existing
controversies and divergent views of researchers prevalent in this area of study. Using doctrinal
research approach, it was found that law, arts and culture are inseparable and nourishing to one
another like a baby and umbilical cord. It concludes that the conflicting views of prior literatures
among researchers are peripheral. The paper offers recommendations for future research in the
field, bearing in mind the involving nature of this subject since the ages past.
