Law (disambiguation)
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Law or laws can refer to any of several things:
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[edit] Social, legal, cultural, and scientific uses
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- See: Jurisprudence
- In human societies, law is a set of norms, which can be seen both in a sociological or in a philosophical or semantic sense.
- The term rule of law refers to the principle that restricts governmental authority.
- Items associated with the practice of law are often called "legal," such as "legal paper size."
- In some Christian denominations, the Old Testament tradition is referred to as the Law, in contrast with the New Testament, which is referred to as the Gospel. More specifically, in Hebrew the first five books of the Tanakh are called the Torah, which means the Law, as distinguished from the sections of the Prophets and the Writings.
- Laws of logic and mathematics describe the nature of rational thought.
- In the sciences, a law of nature, an empirical law or principle, or physical law is a statement that describes regular or patterned relationships among observable phenomena.
- Laws of economics and psychology describe the nature of human behavior and interaction.
- Many adages (or eponyms) are popularly known as "laws"; such as Murphy's law.
- The Laws is a dialogue by Plato, dealing with the origin of normative laws and physical laws.
[edit] Laws of sports
Various sports have sets of rules, or "laws" governing the play of the game, including:
- Laws of the Game, relating to football (soccer)
- Laws of cricket, relating to cricket
- Laws of Australian football, relating to Australian football
[edit] In place names
- law is the Scots word for hill, commonly found in hill names in Lowland Scotland
- Law, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, a small town
[edit] As an acronym
[edit] Television
[edit] People named Law
- Acie Law IV – American basketball player
- Alvin Law - motivational speaker
- Andrew Bonar Law - British prime minister
- Bernard Francis Law - former Archbishop of Boston
- John Law - economist
- Jude Law - actor
- Law (comics) - a fictional character
- Rick Law - illustrator
- John Laws - broadcaster
- Ty Law - American football cornerback
- William Law - British Politician
- William Law (Mormonism) - Mormon defector
- Stuart Laws - British racing driver
Law is also a common transliteration for the Chinese surname 羅 (see Luo (surname)).
[edit] Bus Operator
Law of Shotts, also known as Blue Bus of North Lanarkshire
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