Law (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
Law
is a set of norms, which can be seen both in a sociological
or in a philosophical
sense.
Law or laws may also refer to:
Note that there are some important forms of mathematics in which the Commutative Law does not apply, including matrix theory, quaternion
s, and non-Abelian
group theory
.
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
is a set of norms, which can be seen both in a sociological
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
or in a philosophical
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
sense.
Law or laws may also refer to:
Government
- Rule of lawRule of lawThe rule of law, sometimes called supremacy of law, is a legal maxim that says that governmental decisions should be made by applying known principles or laws with minimal discretion in their application...
, the principle that restricts governmental authority - Items associated with the practice of law are often called "legal," such as "legal paper size;" see Paper size
Music
- LAWLaw (band)For other bands named Law, see Law Law was an American rock band, originating from Ohio, that was active throughout the 1970s...
, a seventies Funk / Rock band from Ohio - "Law", a song by David Bowie from his album EarthlingEarthling (album)Earthling is an album by David Bowie released in February 1997 via BMG. The album showcases an electronica-influenced sound partly inspired by the Industrial and drum and bass culture of the 1990s.-Album background and development:...
- Laws, a Brazilian AmericanBrazilian AmericanBrazilian Americans are Americans of Brazilian origin. There were an estimated 351,914 Brazilian Americans as of 2008, according to the United States Census Bureau. Another source gives an estimate of some 800,000 Brazilians living in the U.S...
rapper from Florida, real name Michael Maldonado
People
- Acie Law IVAcie Law IVAcie Law IV is an American professional basketball player who plays for KK Partizan in Serbia. In his four seasons at Texas A&M University, Law scored 1,653 points and was credited with 540 assists...
(born 1985), American basketball player - Alvin LawAlvin LawAlvin Law is a motivational speaker and former radio broadcaster.Law was born without arms as a consequence of his mother's use of thalidomide while pregnant...
(born 1960), Canadian motivational speaker - Andrew Bonar Law (1858–1923), British prime minister
- Bernard Francis Law (born 1931), former Archbishop of Boston
- Brian LawBrian LawBrian John Law is a Welsh former professional footballer and Wales international.-Club career:Law began his career with Queens Park Rangers but spent the majority of his time at Loftus Road in the reserve side before being forced into retirement in 1991 due to a tendon injury...
(born 1970), Welsh international footballer - Evander M. LawEvander M. LawEvander McIver Law was an author, teacher, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War.-Early life:...
(1836–1920), general in the Confederate States Army - Denis LawDenis LawDenis Law is a retired Scottish football player, who enjoyed a long and successful career as a striker from the 1950s to the 1970s....
(born 1940), Scottish football player - John LawJohn LawJohn Law may refer to:*John Law *John Law DD was an English mathematician*John Law *John Law , Hong Kong film director...
, name of a number of people - Jude LawJude LawDavid Jude Heyworth Law , known professionally as Jude Law, is an English actor, film producer and director.He began acting with the National Youth Music Theatre in 1987, and had his first television role in 1989...
(born 1972), English actor - Peter LawPeter LawPeter John Law was a Welsh politician.- Labour Co-operative AM and Independent MP :For most of his career Law sat as a Labour Councillor and subsequently Labour Co-operative Assembly Member for Blaenau Gwent...
(1948–2006), Welsh politician - Peter Law (actor)Peter Law (actor)Peter R. Law is a British actor and is the father of actor Jude Law and artist Natasha Law.He had the leading part in the MTV show Fist of Zen, where he played a Zen Master. In 2002 he had a brief appearance in the movie Ali G Indahouse as the Mongolian Ambassador...
(born 1948), English actor and father of Jude Law - Phyllida LawPhyllida Law-Personal life:Law was born in Glasgow, the daughter of William and Megsie Law, who divorced after World War II. She was married to Eric Thompson from 1957 until his death in 1982. Their two children Emma and Sophie Thompson are both actresses...
(born 1932), Scottish actress - Rick LawRick LawRick Law is an American entertainment illustrator and producer. His clients have included Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures and MTV, among others....
(born 1969), American illustrator - Robert D. LawRobert D. LawRobert David Law was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War.-Biography:...
(1944–1969), United States Medal of Honor recipient - Ty LawTy LawTajuan "Ty" Law is a retired football cornerback of the National Football League. He was drafted by the New England Patriots 23rd overall in the 1995 NFL Draft. He played college football at Michigan....
(born 1974), American football cornerback - William LawWilliam LawWilliam Law was an English cleric, divine and theological writer.-Early life:Law was born at Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire in 1686. In 1705 he entered as a sizar at Emmanuel College, Cambridge; in 1711 he was elected fellow of his college and was ordained...
(1686–1761), British politician - William Law (Latter Day Saints) (1809–1892), early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement
- Brian LawsBrian LawsBrian Laws is an English former footballer and manager, most recently of Burnley.Playing as a defender, Laws made over 100 appearances for each of Burnley, Middlesbrough, and Nottingham Forest. In 1994, Laws became player-manager of Grimsby Town before taking a similar position with Scunthorpe...
(born 1961) English football player and manager - George Malcolm LawsGeorge Malcolm LawsGeorge Malcolm Laws Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is a scholar of traditional UK and US folk song.His name is normally rendered as "G Malcolm Laws jnr". He is best known for "American Balladry from British Broadsides", published in 1957 by the American Folklore Society. He graduated from the...
(born 1919), an American folklorist also known as G. Malcolm Laws - John LawsJohn LawsRichard John Sinclair "John" Laws, CBE , an Australian radio presenter, sometimes known as Lawsie, was from the 1970s until his retirement in 2007, the host of a hugely successful morning radio program, which mixed music with interviews, opinion, live advertising readings and listener talkback...
(born 1935), an Australian broadcaster - Stuart LawsStuart LawsStuart Laws is an auto racing driver known for racing BMW rear-wheel-drive cars in his native Britain. For 2010 he is taking on the Kumho BMW Championship in a BMW M3, in a team which he owns and runs himself.-Personal:...
(born 1950), a British racing driver - Law is a common transliteration for the Chinese surname 羅 (see Luo (surname)Luo (surname)Luo or "Lo" refers to the Mandarin romanizations of the Chinese surnames 羅 and 駱...
)
Philosophy and religion
- PrinciplePrincipleA principle is a law or rule that has to be, or usually is to be followed, or can be desirably followed, or is an inevitable consequence of something, such as the laws observed in nature or the way that a system is constructed...
, an abstract object sometimes known as a law- AdageAdageAn adage is a short but memorable saying which holds some important fact of experience that is considered true by many people, or that has gained some credibility through its long use....
, a principle in the form of a memorable saying - See List of eponymous laws
- Adage
- Religious lawReligious lawIn some religions, law can be thought of as the ordering principle of reality; knowledge as revealed by a God defining and governing all human affairs. Law, in the religious sense, also includes codes of ethics and morality which are upheld and required by the God...
, the ordering principle of reality; knowledge as revealed by God defining and governing all human affairs - Natural lawNatural lawNatural law, or the law of nature , is any system of law which is purportedly determined by nature, and thus universal. Classically, natural law refers to the use of reason to analyze human nature and deduce binding rules of moral behavior. Natural law is contrasted with the positive law Natural...
, an ethical theory that posits the existence of a law whose content is set by nature and that therefore has validity everywhere - Laws (dialogue)Laws (dialogue)The Laws is Plato's last and longest dialogue. The question asked at the beginning is not "What is law?" as one would expect. That is the question of the Minos...
, a dialogue by Plato, dealing with the origin of normative laws and physical laws - The LawThe Law (1849 book)The Law, original French title La Loi, is a 1850 book by Frédéric Bastiat. It was written at Mugron two years after the third French Revolution and a few months before his death of tuberculosis at age 49. The essay was influenced by John Locke's Second Treatise on Government and in turn...
, a book by French classical liberal Frédéric Bastiat
Science and mathematics
- Laws of science, established principles thought to be universal and invariable
- Scientific lawScientific lawA scientific law is a statement that explains what something does in science just like Newton's law of universal gravitation. A scientific law must always apply under the same conditions, and implies a causal relationship between its elements. The law must be confirmed and broadly agreed upon...
, or physical lawPhysical lawA physical law or scientific law is "a theoretical principle deduced from particular facts, applicable to a defined group or class of phenomena, and expressible by the statement that a particular phenomenon always occurs if certain conditions be present." Physical laws are typically conclusions...
, a scientific generalization based on empirical observations of physical behavior - See List of scientific laws named after people
- Scientific law
- "Law" in stochastic processesLaw (stochastic processes)In mathematics, the law of a stochastic process is the measure that the process induces on the collection of functions from the index set into the state space...
, a specific form of law in this subfield of mathematicals. - There are several General Laws that apply to most of mathematics, such as the Distributive Law, the Commutative Law, the Associative Law, the Law of the Additive identityAdditive identityIn mathematics the additive identity of a set which is equipped with the operation of addition is an element which, when added to any element x in the set, yields x...
, the Law of the Multiplicative identity, the Law of the Additive inverseAdditive inverseIn mathematics, the additive inverse, or opposite, of a number a is the number that, when added to a, yields zero.The additive inverse of a is denoted −a....
, and the Law of the Multiplicative inverseMultiplicative inverseIn mathematics, a multiplicative inverse or reciprocal for a number x, denoted by 1/x or x−1, is a number which when multiplied by x yields the multiplicative identity, 1. The multiplicative inverse of a fraction a/b is b/a. For the multiplicative inverse of a real number, divide 1 by the...
.
Note that there are some important forms of mathematics in which the Commutative Law does not apply, including matrix theory, quaternion
Quaternion
In mathematics, the quaternions are a number system that extends the complex numbers. They were first described by Irish mathematician Sir William Rowan Hamilton in 1843 and applied to mechanics in three-dimensional space...
s, and non-Abelian
Abelian group
In abstract algebra, an abelian group, also called a commutative group, is a group in which the result of applying the group operation to two group elements does not depend on their order . Abelian groups generalize the arithmetic of addition of integers...
group theory
Group theory
In mathematics and abstract algebra, group theory studies the algebraic structures known as groups.The concept of a group is central to abstract algebra: other well-known algebraic structures, such as rings, fields, and vector spaces can all be seen as groups endowed with additional operations and...
.
Sports
- Laredo LawLaredo LawThe Laredo Law is a now-defunct Arena Football League's AF2 expansion team. They played their home games at the Laredo Entertainment Center in Laredo, Texas...
, a defunct 2004 af2 arena football team in Laredo, Texas - Regulation of sportRegulation of sportThe regulation of sport is usually done by a regulatory agency for each sport, resulting in a core of relatively invariant, agreed rules. People responsible for leisure activities often seek recognition and respectability as sports by joining sports federations such as the International Olympic...
, the rules and principles under which sport is conducted- Laws of the Game (association football), relating to association football, otherwise known as football or soccer.
- Laws of cricketLaws of cricketThe laws of cricket are a set of rules established by the Marylebone Cricket Club which describe the laws of cricket worldwide, to ensure uniformity and fairness. There are currently 42 laws, which outline all aspects of how the game is played from how a team wins a game, how a batsman is...
, relating to cricket - Laws of Australian footballLaws of Australian footballThe laws of Australian football describe the rules of the game of Australian rules football as they have evolved and adapted, with the same underlying core rules, since 1859....
, relating to Australian football
Other
- Law (comics)Law (comics)Law is a Dark Horse Comics supervillain. He first appeared in Division 13 #1 . He appeared in comics published under both the Comics' Greatest World and Dark Horse Heroes imprints.-Publication history:...
, fictional supervillain - L.A. LawL.A. LawL.A. Law is a US television legal drama that ran on NBC from September 15, 1986 to May 19, 1994. L.A. Law reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights,...
, American television show - Law, South Lanarkshire, small town in Scotland
- Laws, CaliforniaLaws, CaliforniaLaws is an unincorporated community in Inyo County, California.Laws is located northeast of Bishop on U.S. Route 6, towards the Nevada state line.-Geography:...
, in Inyo County - Blue Bus of North LanarkshireBlue Bus of North LanarkshireBlue Bus of North Lanarkshire, also known as Blue Bus of Shotts or Law of Shotts, is a bus operator primarily serving the area of Shotts in West Scotland, near Glasgow....
, Scottish bus company also known as Law of Shotts - One axis of the alignment system used in the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons; see Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons)Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons)In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, alignment is a categorization of the ethical and moral perspective of people, creatures and societies....
- Law Rune, one of the Runes in the role-playing game RuneScapeRuneScapeRuneScape is a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game released in January 2001 by Andrew and Paul Gower, and developed and published by Jagex Games Studio. It is a graphical browser game implemented on the client-side in Java, and incorporates 3D rendering...
- A Scots languageScots languageScots is the Germanic language variety spoken in Lowland Scotland and parts of Ulster . It is sometimes called Lowland Scots to distinguish it from Scottish Gaelic, the Celtic language variety spoken in most of the western Highlands and in the Hebrides.Since there are no universally accepted...
word for a conical hill which rises incongruously from the surrounding landscape - Law, character from the TekkenTekkenis an arcade fighting game franchise created and developed by Namco. Beginning with the original Tekken arcade game released in 1994, the series has received several sequels, as well as various home conversions and spin-off titles released for consoles...
video game series - M72 LAWM72 LAWThe M72 LAW is a portable one-shot 66 mm unguided anti-tank weapon, designed in the United States by Paul V. Choate, Charles B. Weeks, and Frank A. Spinale et al...
Light Anti-Tank Weapon