1. To define unacceptable behavior.
2. To provide certainty & stability.
3. To protect the public.
4. To provide mechanism for businesses to resolve disputes.
5. Law gives everyone a framework for how to ace and operate.
6. To make better decisions.
7. To sue & be sued.
8. To balance harm done by the offender against the individual and society at large.
9. To collect and generate revenue from the masses.
Just need one more sorry