Collocations withlaw
These are words often used in combination withlaw.
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administrative law
Here we can see a difference made between major crime and violations of administrative law.
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anti-discrimination law
A similar tendency to seek definitions which are distinct from those used in other areas of social policy can be found in anti-discrimination law.
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asylum law
Sure, the obstacles to the reshaping of asylum law were not considerable.
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banking law
This was often due to the feebleness of banking law and supervision.
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basic law
Enforcing local copyright was a low priority for a government struggling to maintain basic law and order.
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blasphemy law
I cannot justify removing the blasphemy law on that basis.
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breach of law
It is perfectly clear that a very serious breach of law and order was committed.
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comparative law
Comparative law today is thus concerned both with seeking similarity (legal harmonisation, or unification) and appreciating difference (between legal ideas, practices, systems and experiences).
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constitutional law
Where does this leave constitutional law?
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copyright law
In short, the integrity of the current copyright law is maintained.
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current law
This result squares with current law.
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customary law
This structure tended to erase differences in local customary law.
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dietary laws
Its judicial or civil law contained both the moral law and the ceremonial and dietary laws.
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divine law
This is a divine law and a law of nature.
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divorce law
Three distinct strands of opinion worked together to press for a re-evaluation of the operation of divorce law.
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domestic law
That principle has been incorporated into domestic law.
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draconian law
Finally, there is the assessment of lawmakers thinking about adopting draconian legislation now-like our cur rent drug laws-to avert more draconian laws in the future.
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electoral law
The first was the electoral law.
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english law
English law used the term 'unlawful omission' to describe the same offence.
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environmental law
In those cases the environmental law or zoning regulation by and large clearly specified the course of action.
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established law
The opportunity to challenge existing laws, however, presents itself if an established law is modified and/or replaced by the passage of a new law.
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existing law
This indicates a distinction between a spending increment mandated under existing law and a spending increment that goes beyond the requirments of existing law.
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federal law
Moreover, relevant federal law specifically contemplates his office taking actions based on zoonotic outbreaks.
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finance law
The creation of this ' central equalisation fund ' is provided for in the 2000/1 finance law, but is not yet implemented.
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fundamental law
This was far from a belief that everything would "turn out" under the new fundamental law.
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humanitarian law
Popular tribunals are generally framed in terms of international human rights and/or humanitarian law.
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immigration law
I do not see why immigration law should be an exception.
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immutable law
No longer an icon of immutable law and harmony, it seemed bizarre and dissonant, knocked from its theoretical, pedagogical and symbolic pride of place.
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interpretation of law
Determination of authority, on the other hand, required interpretation of law that was occasionally unclear and contradictory.
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law dictionary
A judicial dictionary is both broader and narrower than a law dictionary because it collects whatever words and phrases judges have had occasion to define.
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law enforcer
The provision will give increased stature and satisfaction to the law maker and law enforcer.
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law of agency
I will show that married women's use of the law of agency to make purchases for the household was commonplace.
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law of conservation
There is a similarity with the law of conservation of energy.
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law of economics
It is a basic law of economics that prices would rise as a result.
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law of gravitation
It is the law of gravitation applied to human affairs.
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law of gravity
The former are benign natural relationships that affect all humans equally-all humans, for example, are "dependent" on the law of gravity.
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law of physics
In contrast, no designer would ever deny a law of physics; instead, she would find ways of working around it.
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law officer
I am sorry that when a question of such complexity was under discussion no law officer was pre sent.
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law review
Some readers may wish for more scholarly apparatus (citations to legal opinions and law review articles, in particular), but some references and cases are cited.
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libel law
The libel law may not have been rigorously enforced, but it could and often did subject the accused to considerable rigours, indeed.
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local law
This reduced the already limited capabilities of local law enforcement institutions, facilitating the importation of drugs.
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mining law
We remarked that consultation with employees in that industry relating to some major changes in coal mining law was necessary.
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natural law
We need to distinguish between "natural law" as a moral tradition and "natural law" as a jurisprudential tradition.
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obscenity law
This is a long-standing instability in obscenity law that has been present ever since the courts began to notice that aesthetic value could justify otherwise obscene publications.
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penal law
In fact, both scholars seem to have based their theories mostly on penal law.
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privacy law
Compromises forged here may well be adapted to other realms of privacy law.
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proposed law
The private sector, particularly the banking and insurance industries, fiercely opposed the proposed law.
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scaling law
Consequently, the acceleration scaling law is not so simple.
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sentencing law
Since it is impossible to assert convincingly that international penal norms uphold values of universal moral authority, the transformative potential of sentencing law appears diminished by this argument.
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smoke-free law
Enforcing the smoke-free law appears to be somewhat problematic as far as public bus services are concerned.
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strict law
He must undergo a strict law.
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tax law
In contrast to tax law, the criminal law is there to prescribe modes of conduct that are not permissible.
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tort law
The plaintiffdefendant structure of tort law is essential to it, not merely contingent.
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trademark law
That alone is the reason and trademark law cannot after all be stronger than competition law.
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tribal law
I'm not completely against tribal law, but if they have a problem, they take not what we have now.
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universal law
The inverse of (1) is not a universal law.
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unwritten law
In such cases, and especially in the first half of 1919, it was common for the 'unwritten law ' to be raised in some way by the defence.
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violation of law
There was no significant violation of law and order.
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written law
The opening section looks at studies that have been made on written law and private contracts.
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