A community or a society in general is composed of individuals with divergent interests, concerns and desires. These divergences will necessarily result in conflicts or even chaos or anarchy if not regulated. Such regulation is the function of law.

Freedom in essence is the "right to do the right thing without interfering with the rights of others". In order that one may not interfere with the rights of others, he has to submit himself to the limitations set forth by law in the exercise of his rights. Such act of submission is metaphorically an act of rendering one's self as a slave of the law and, at the same time, truly free to do his bidding provided he acts within the bounds of the limitations provided for by law.