List of fictional laws and rules

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This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness. Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

This is a list of laws that are fictitious, and the fictions they exist in.

• Seven Commandments of Animalism - Animal Farm
• The Law of the Jungle The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling
• Butlerian Jihad - Dune series.
• Brannigan's Law - Futurama
• Catch-22 - military rule in Joseph Heller's Catch-22
• Christian Reform Act of 1895 - C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
• Code of the Igors - Discworld series
• Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery
• Deneb Accords - Honorverse.
• Directive 10-289 - in Ayn Rand's book Atlas Shrugged.
• Ecclesiarchal Proscriptions - Warhammer 40,000
• Educational Decrees, passed by Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Honor Code of Demons - referenced in some versions of the Tenacious D song Tribute.
• Keene Act of 77'- Watchmen
• Krot's Law (from Isaac Asimov's short story Homo Sol)
• Kruk - Discworld
• Laws of Robotics - Used in Isaac Asimov's writings and a lot of science fiction hence forth.
• Laws of Time - Doctor Who
• Laws and Ordinances of the Cities of Ankh and Morpork - Discworld (All dates in A-M calendar)
  • Being Bloody Stupid Act, 1581
  • Decency Ordinances, 1389
  • Dignity of Man (Civil Rights) Act, 1341
  • Domestic and Domesticated Animals (Care & Protection) Act, 1673
  • Gambling (Regulations) Acts
  • General Felonies Act, 1678
  • Industrial Processes Act, 1508
  • Licenced Premises (Hygiene) Acts, 1433, 1456, 1463, 1465 and 1470-1690
  • Privacy Act, 1467
  • Projectile Weapons (Civil Safety) Act, 1634
  • Public Ale Houses (Opening) Act, 1678
  • Public Forgatherings (Gambling) Act, 1567
  • Public Order Act, 1457
  • Riot Act
• Lex Imperia - Warhammer 40,000
• Prime Directive - From the Star Trek universe.
• Various Registration Acts (comics) from the Marvel universe.
• Rules of Acquisition - Ferengi, from the Star Trek universe.
• Rules of the Librarians of Time And Space - Discworld series
  • 1) Silence.
  • 2) Books Must Be Returned By Due Date.
  • 3) Don't Mess With Nature of Narrative Casualty.
• Sixteen Universal Laws - Warhammer 40,000
• Space Corps Directives - From the Red Dwarf TV series