In his work “Liberty against the law: some controversies of the seventeenth century” published in 1996, Christopher Hill re-evaluated the outcome of the English Civil War and asked an introspective question: “ Freedom for what and for whom?" Some may argue that the law limits everyone's freedom due to the restrictions it imposes in today's society. However, it should not be denied that the law protects freedom and independence in certain circumstances. It exists in fact a very complex relationship between law and freedom in which each of the two complements and limits the other. Freedom no longer exists if there are no legal systems that are not based on the protection of citizens' freedom they do not serve the true purpose of law. In his work “Elements of the Philosophy of Law”, published in 1819, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel emphasized that freedom is the foundation of law and that law is a philosophical form of freedom. Law and freedom cannot exist without each other. In my opinion, the relationship between law and freedom can be classified into two categories: justified legal systems protect freedom while unjustified legal systems limit or even destroy freedom. Justified legal systems protect freedom by endowing people with basic human rights. Society must progress based on standards and rules established by justified legal systems. Without these standards and rules, freedom will not be guaranteed. Plato once said that “If a man was born divinely endowed with the ability to naturally apprehend the truth, he would have no need of laws to govern him; but there is no such mind anyway, or at least not much of it; therefore we must have the law.” Thomas Hobbes also indicated in Leviathan that freedom should be based on national independence... middle of paper... and that fundamental rights are not for the majority, there will always be a group of outlaws or banned social groups who accelerate revolutionary movements and lead people to overthrow the tyranny and hierarchy established by the current law enforcement agencies. Last but not least, it is undeniable that justified legal systems limit freedom in some certain circumstances and it is necessary. Freedom does not imply that you can do whatever you want. Freedom, at the same time, limits human behaviors since freedom also means that one has the right to resist others from doing things that one does not want to suffer from. Therefore, freedom is not always free and there will be no freedom if there is no minimum level of restrictions. In conclusion, freedom cannot exist without law while justified law must guarantee freedom for all. Freedom and law complement each other.