Numbers and law

Abstract

Someone could say that it is an absurd if we talk about the connection between numbers and law. The author of this article has a different opinion, he thinks that there is a strong relation between numbers and law. When we talk about the rates of criminality, about the dark figure of the crime, the rate of the corruption, we talk about the connection between numbers and law. The author speaks about an inside logic of the law. He points out the logic sillogism of the law, as something that is the part of mathematics. We also could speak about the individualization of the law, especially the process of sentencing and that could be mathematics in some way The author of this text says that in some fields of the law, numbers are especially important. Here we have in mind the compensation, the probability, the risk, the inheritance law, the DNA analysis, etc. Jovan Ćirić payed special attention to the legitimacy of the law - how many citizens support some law and some judicial decisions. We could speak also about some possible media manipulation with the legitimacy. Vox populi is not a vox dei and it does mean that those who are in majority do not always have the right. The example of Jesus and especially of Socrates and the jury that sentenced him is a very good example of manipulations. The frequency of the violation of legal norms is a numeric phenomenon and that is something that is very important for the life of one legal system. On the other side if we want to build a good legal system, we must invest finances in the policy, judicial system and it is a question of money, it is a question of numbers. All in all in many different aspects, numbers are very important for the law and especially for the functioning of the legal system.