Problem
Inadequate national law enforcement
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Failure to enforce judgements and ordersFailure in the service of legal process
Unstructured law enforcement
Unenforced laws
Non-application of existing laws
Nature:
A relatively large number of national and local laws are not adequately enforced. Changes in moral value have resulted in the non-application of a number of existing laws, so the public is no longer quite sure what is permitted and what is not. Some legal systems maintain laws on the books so that they may be selectively enforced. Some enforcement agencies are so overwhelmed by the amount of crime taking place in their jurisdiction that it must select what laws to enforce. Some legal systems are so complex that neither the law enforcement agencies nor the public knows what is legal and what is not. Some police are not so much hampered by a lack of laws as by a lack of political backing for action. In some cases, the rights of the accused may be so restrictive to law enforcement that attempts to enforce the law are hampered by restrictions of investigations, producing evidence, finding witnesses that for practical purposes the laws are enforced in such narrow ways as to be unenforced.
Broader Problems:
Lack of controlDangerous countriesInadequate law enforcementDeficiencies in national and local legal systems Narrower Problems:
Inadequate local enforcementInadequate prevention of crimeGovernment failure to prosecute offendersInadequate system of child support enforcementUnwillingness of witnesses to testify against offenders Related Problems:
Deficiencies in international lawInadequate international law enforcementInadequate enforcement of environmental regulations Aggravates:
PoachingConcubinageForced labourChattel slaveryMarriage marketsSecret societiesViolations of private lawViolations of contract lawExploitation in employmentHavens for environmental pollutionTrafficking in children for adoptionInadequate enforcement of foreign arbitral awardsExploitation of regulatory loopholes in countries with underdeveloped legislation Strategies:
Determining environmental liability Subject(s):
Action → ApplicationLaw → Arbitration
Law → Law
Law → Law enforcement
Law → Legality
Social Activity → Services
Societal Problems → Failure
Societal Problems → Inadequacy
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST