This paper on Law And Society focuses on the concepts of law, laid down by Robert Cover in his article in 1986. This paper also analyzes Joseph Nevins's book on Operation Gatekeeper based on Cover's theoretical principles. The paper also concentrates on the media coverage obtained by the sniper case and the people's suggestions about the teenage boy involved in the crime. An analysis of the U.S policies on the illegal immigrants entering from the U.S-Mexico border after 1994 is also done.