Proper nounSingular Law Plural - Law
Proper nounLaw
Proper nounLaw
From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. Law is a system of rules, usually enforced through a set of institutions. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a primary social mediator in relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus ticket to trading on derivatives markets. Property law defines rights and obligations related to the transfer and title of personal and real property. Trust law applies to assets held for investment and financial security, while tort law allows claims for compensation if a person's rights or property are harmed. If the harm is criminalised in penal code, criminal law offers means by which the state can prosecute the perpetrator. Constitutional law provides a framework for the creation of law, the protection of human rights and the election of political representatives. Administrative law is used to review the decisions of government agencies, while international law governs affairs between sovereign nation states in activities ranging from trade to environmental regulation or military action. Writing in 350 BC, the Greek philosopher Aristotle declared, "The rule of law is better than the rule of any individual." Legal systems elaborate rights and responsibilities in a variety of ways. A general distinction can be made between civil law jurisdictions, which codify their laws, and common law systems, where judge made law is not consolidated. In some countries, religion still informs the law. Law provides a rich source of scholarly inquiry, into legal history, philosophy, economic analysis or sociology. Law also raises important and complex issues concerning equality, fairness and justice. "In its majestic equality", said the author Anatole France in 1894, "the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread." In a typical democracy, the central institutions for interpreting and creating law are the three main branches of government, namely an impartial judiciary, a democratic legislature, and an accountable executive. To implement and enforce the law and provide services to the public, a government's bureaucracy, the military and police are vital. While all these organs of the state are creatures created and bound by law, an independent legal profession and a vibrant civil society inform and support their progress. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Can the second law of thermodynamics apply to any situation in the universe? Q. I know that the second law has to do with entropy and the fact that everything in the universe will eventually come to the most disorganized state possible. I have heard people use this law in biology, saying that life on Earth couldn't have begun without some outside force because amino acids wouldn't combine to become more complex, since this goes against the natural entropic properties of the universe. Can anyone shed some light on the subject? If possible, please explain more on the second law. Asked by telemarklover - Sat Aug 26 17:28:50 2006 - - 8 Answers - 1 Comments A. There are many equivalent formulations of the second law. In a situation like the earth, where there is heat (in the form of light) coming into the system, the relevant quantity is not entropy, it is Gibbs free energy. Essentially, Gibbs free energy is a way of accounting for the entropy change in the rest of the universe by looking inside the system. This depends on temperature as well as the energy change and the entropy change in the system. For example, ice will spontaneously freeze if it gets cold enough. This is a reaction where 'order' increases, but the energy released from freezing counteracts that increase. For the case of biological systems, the energy coming from the sun makes it so that a great deal of entropy decrease can… [cont.] Answered by mathematician - Sat Aug 26 17:40:07 2006 What is the law for living in a 1 bedroom apartment in LA county? Q. My g/f and I have been living with my friend and his b/f for a couple months trying to get money together to move. The landlord said we have to leave by the end of the month or they will lose the apartment. He said there is some law that only two adults and one child can legally live in a one bedroom apartment, but I can't find that law anywhere. Does anyone have a link or a site I can use to find something more concrete? Asked by D@rKn3ss Fa771n& - Tue Jun 2 20:15:20 2009 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. Whether or not there is a law is irrelevant. What that landlord is really saying is these people aren't on the lease and I object. Instead of looking like a jerky landlord I am going to make up some bogus law to get these people out of my building. They absolutely can loose the apartment if you are staying there and are not on the lease. Answered by smedrik - Tue Jun 2 20:25:33 2009 What happens if a law is declared unconstitutional?
Q. IF a law is declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, what happens to the law? If the president does not approve a bill sent by Congress, what may the president do? Asked by Lu Lu - Thu Sep 4 01:04:16 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. The Supreme Court's decision refers the case back to the lower court that must review the case and change the ruling. A law can remain on the books still. Eventually, the legislature that created the law can remove it from the books. In the meantime, if the law is enforced after the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional, the person can appeal the case and get off pretty easily. Generally, such laws are not enforced if they are still on the books. Answered by TCSO - Thu Sep 4 01:08:54 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Law" See also:
 news.google.com The News-Press Still to come this afternoon are NCAA arguments that subjecting it to Florida's open-records laws -- it says it's not a public agency -- violate the NCAA's ... and more » news.google.com Jamestown Sun City leaders decided to pass the law after a car dealership offered free helicopter rides last spring. There were no city laws forbidding the promotion, ... and more » news.google.com Wall Street Journal Vermont's strict mortgage-lending laws largely prevented the state's residents from signing the types of dubious home loans written in other markets across ... and more » From Google News Search: "Law"  branson.k12.mo.us 213px x 341px | 27.60kB [source page] law image1 jpe 341x213 Pixel 0 03 KB  coluna-da-sal.com 700px x 504px | 93.90kB [source page] 701 A memory of Lothlorien Stephanie Pui Mun Law  photopixels.com 534px x 800px | 142.70kB [source page] World Law 023 jpg Architecture Interior Exterior Photographer Minneapolis MN From Yahoo Image Search: "Law"  pajamasmedia.com Glenn Reynolds Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:08:02 GM August 31, 2009. a list of fellowships for aspiring . law. professors. Posted at by Glenn Reynolds at 4:08 pm. Get the Pajamas TV - V2.0 widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox! . ... Arms and the . Law. · Becker-Posner Blog ...  blogout.justout.com Ryan Prado Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:25:35 GM As Vermont prepares itself for its . law. allowing gay marriage to take effect tomorrow, it seems that more reports are pontificating upon the anticlimactic onslaught of Tuesday marriages. In fact, being that September 1st is a Tuesday, ...  firstimportance.org fredeaton Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:14:43 GM The . Law. is for the proud and the Gospel for the brokenhearted. - Martin Luther, quoted on monergism.com. Published in: Uncategorized. on August 31, 2009 at 12:14 am Leave a Comment. The URI to TrackBack this entry is: ... From Google Blog Search: "Law" Law is an umbrella term for the written or understood rules that concern behaviors within and between societies and the appropriate consequences thereof. ContentsSourced
From Wikiquote under the GNU Free Documentation License. |
