Which best characterizes the difference between laws and policies?

a. Laws are plans designed to altering some aspect of behavior and policies are specific acts of a government that alter the rules for individual and collective behavior.
b. Laws are broader than policies.
c. Policies are plans designed to altering some aspect of behavior and laws are specific acts of a government that alter the rules for individual and collective behavior.
d. All policies are part of one or more laws, but not all laws are related to a policy.
e. Policy and law refer to the same thing and can be used interchangeably


C

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