Full Idea
Laws are a solution to a problem that was misconceived. Only if you think that the world would be otherwise inactive or inanimate, do you have the need to add laws to your ontology.
Gist of Idea
You only need laws if you (erroneously) think the world is otherwise inert
Source
Stephen Mumford (Laws in Nature [2004], 01.5)
Book Reference
Mumford,Stephen: 'Laws in Nature' [Routledge 2006], p.14
A Reaction
This is a bold and extreme view - and I agree with it. I consider laws to be quite a useful concept when discussing nature, but they are not part of the ontology, and they don't do any work. They are metaphysically hopeless.