Law
#FoodForThought
❓1. What comes to mind when you hear the word “law”?
❓2. What do you understand by the concept of “Law”? How do you define law?
❓3. What are some situations in which you didn’t comply with the regulations and you could avoid punishment?
❓4. Are we supposed to always comply with the laws? Why or why not?
❓5. How do you justify creating, implementing and applying laws?
❓6. How do you evaluate the rightness, suitability and effectiveness of a law?
❓7. Have you ever heard of a funny law?
❓8. What do you think about the law in your country?
#Repository
🌀Code: a systematic collection of laws or regulations:
In practice of Criminal Code, gambling is regarded as a play done with the aim of earning money where the profit and loss is a matter of chance.
🌀Comply: act in accordance with a wish or command:
We are unable to comply with your request.
🌀Constitutional law: the body of law that evolves from a constitution, setting out the fundamental principles according to which a state is governed:
Such a move however would require ripping up 75 years of constitutional law.
🌀Guidelines: a general rule, principle, or piece of advice:
These guidelines define key populations to include both vulnerable and most-at-risk populations.
🌀Justice: the quality of being fair and reasonable:
Why are we so confused about the difference between revenge and justice?
🌀Law: the system of rules that a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and may enforce by the imposition of penalties:
They were taken to court for breaking the law.
🌀Murder: the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another:
She was accused of murder.
🌀Regulation: a rule or directive made and maintained by an authority:
Others fear that giving them the force of regulation could be more harmful because they would become outdated quickly.
🌀Restriction: a limiting condition or measure, especially a legal one:
They think planning restrictions on commercial development could benefit the society.
🌀Rule: one of a set of explicit or understood regulations or principles governing conduct within a particular activity or sphere:
The college has strict rules for qualifying for financial assistance.
🌀Statute: a written law passed by a legislative body:
But FDR at least tried to make the change by proposing a statute and forcing a Senate debate.
🌀Sentence: the punishment assigned to a defendant found guilty by a court, or fixed by law for a particular offense:
Her husband is serving a three-year sentence for fraud.
🌀Victim: a person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action:
The two are not allowed to contact each other for the next two years, as she is considered his victim.
#Juxtapositions
❇️Law:
🔰Adjectives:
Administrative, case, civil, common, constitutional, criminal, statute, abortion, bankruptcy, business, contract, divorce, employment, family, immigration, labor, libel, tax, federal, international, state, clear, unclear, vague, harsh, strict, stringent, tough, discriminatory, unconstitutional, liberal, restrictive, Jewish, Islamic, sharia
🔅e.g.:
The law is clear: bribery is wrong.
Environmental laws are strict about polluting precious water.
We believe this law is unconstitutional.
🔰Verbs:
—- + Law
Become, apply, enforce, implement, uphold, follow, obey, observe, respect, break, flout, violate, adopt, create, enact, introduce, pass, overturn, repeal, amend, change, reform, revise, draft, write, interpret
Law + —-
Allow something, authorize something, permit something, recognize something, ban something, forbid something, prohibit something, limit something, restrict something, criminalize something, mandate something, require something, govern something, regulate something, apply to something, cover something
🔅e.g.:
A presidential veto prevented the bill from becoming law.
Parliament voted for the bill to become law.
It's the job of the police to enforce the law.
Congress amended the law in 1998.
Judges interpret this law in different ways.
The law forbids gambling of any kind.
Laws criminalizing same-sex relationships were ruled unconstitutional.
The wearing of a crash helmet is required by law.
The law applies equally to businesses large and small.
🔰Nouns:
Court of law, enforcement, violation, reform, office, practice, library
🔅e.g.:
The building was raided by law enforcement agents.
She lost her job at a Boston law office.
🔰Prepositions:
Above the, against the, beyond the, by, outside the, within the
No one is above the law.
🔅e.g.:
What you did was clearly against the law.
By law, you are obliged to install smoke alarms in the factory.
The company is operating entirely within the law.
A law on hunting will cause a lot of disagreements.
🔰Phrases:
As the law stands, law and order, the law of the land, the letter of the law, take the law into your own hands
🔅e.g.:
As the law stands, you can get married at sixteen.
Martial law was imposed to prevent the breakdown of law and order.
In spite of the difficulties it would cause her family, the judge stuck to the letter of the law and jailed her.
When police failed to arrest the suspect, local people took the law into their own hands.