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Law is a system of rules created and enforced through social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior. It includes state-enforced rules (statutes) made by one or more legislators, decrees and regulations by heads of state, and precedent as established by judges; as well as legally binding contracts created by private individuals or entities. The creation of laws may be influenced by a constitution and the rights encoded therein. The law shapes politics, economics, history, and society and serves as a mediator of relations between people. The social science or theory of law is called jurisprudence.

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Basics (80 articles)

 * 1)   Law
 * 2)  Bar council
 * 3)  Comparative law
 * 4)  Impartiality
 * 5)  Impeachment
 * 6)  Judicial independence
 * 7)  Jurisprudence
 * 8)  Statutory interpretation
 * 9)  Rule of lenity
 * 10)  Justice
 * 11)  Criminal justice
 * 12)  Legal case
 * 13)  Oath
 * 14)  Vow
 * 15)  Abjuration
 * 16)  Oath of office
 * 17)  Pledge of Allegiance
 * 18)  Practice of law
 * 19)  Proactive law
 * 20)  Promise
 * 21)  Public interest
 * 22)  Sovereign immunity
 * 23)  Substantive law
 * 24)  Witness
 * 25)  Wrongdoing

Capital punishment (10 articles)

 * 1)   Capital punishment
 * 2)  Capital punishment debate
 * 3)  Civil death
 * 4)  Castaway
 * 5)  Exile
 * 6)  Marooning
 * 7)  Ostracism
 * 8)  Outlaw
 * 9)  Petalism
 * 10)  Wrongful execution

Dispute resolution (11 articles)

 * 1)  Dispute resolution
 * 2)  Alternative dispute resolution
 * 3)  Arbitration
 * 4)  Collaborative law
 * 5)  Conciliation
 * 6)  Conflict resolution
 * 7)  Mediation
 * 8)  Lawyer-supported mediation
 * 9)  Party-directed mediation
 * 10)  Negotiation
 * 11)  Restorative justice

Sources of law (7 articles)

 * 1)  Sources of law
 * 2)  Constitution
 * 3)  Customary law
 * 4)  Decree
 * 5)  Primary and secondary legislation
 * 6)  Precedent
 * 7)  Statute

Rights (22 articles)

 * 1)  Rights
 * 2)  Bill of rights
 * 3)  Bodily integrity
 * 4)  Civil and political rights
 * 5)  Claim rights and liberty rights
 * 6)  Digital rights
 * 7)  Due process
 * 8)  Equality before the law
 * 9)  Freedom of association
 * 10)  Freedom of movement
 * 11)  Individual and group rights
 * 12)  Linguistic rights
 * 13)  Natural rights and legal rights
 * 14)  Negative and positive rights
 * 15)  Presumption of innocence
 * 16)  Right to property
 * 17)  Reproductive rights
 * 18)  Right of self-defense
 * 19)  Right to a fair trial
 * 20)  States' rights
 * 21)  Suffrage
 * 22)  Women's suffrage

Communication (5 articles)

 * 1)  Court reporter
 * 2)  Legal citation
 * 3)  Code of law
 * 4)  Legal informatics
 * 5)  Legal writing

Africa (3 articles)

 * 1)  Egyptian law
 * 2)  Law of Nigeria
 * 3)  Law of South Africa

Americas (6 articles)

 * 1)  Law of Brazil
 * 2)  Law of Canada
 * 3)  Cuban law
 * 4)  Law of Mexico
 * 5)  Law of Venezuela
 * 6)  Law of the United States

Asia (13 articles)

 * 1)  Law of Afghanistan
 * 2)  Law of the People's Republic of China
 * 3)  Law of India
 * 4)  Law of Indonesia
 * 5)  Israeli law
 * 6)  Law of Iraq
 * 7)  Law of Japan
 * 8)  Law of North Korea
 * 9)  Legal system of Saudi Arabia
 * 10)  Law of South Korea
 * 11)  Law of Taiwan
 * 12)  Law of Thailand
 * 13)  Judicial system of Turkey

Europe (19 articles)

 * 1)  Law of Austria
 * 2)  Law of Belgium
 * 3)  Law of Denmark
 * 4)  Law of France
 * 5)  Law of Germany
 * 6)  Politics of Greece
 * 7)  Law of Italy
 * 8)  Law of the Republic of Ireland
 * 9)  Law of the Netherlands
 * 10)  Law of Poland
 * 11)  Law of Portugal
 * 12)  Law of Romania
 * 13)  Law of Russia
 * 14)  Law of Spain
 * 15)  Law of Sweden
 * 16)  Law of Switzerland
 * 17)  Law of Ukraine
 * 18)  Law of the United Kingdom
 * 19)  Roman law

Oceania (2 articles)

 * 1)  Australian legal system
 * 2)  Law of New Zealand

Administrative law (16 articles)

 * 1)  Administrative law
 * 2)  Administrative court
 * 3)  Freedom of information laws by country
 * 4)  Immigration law
 * 5)  Justiciability
 * 6)  Natural justice
 * 7)  Polycentric law
 * 8)  Prerogative writ
 * 9)  Public inquiry
 * 10)  Financial law
 * 11)  Regulation
 * 12)  Financial regulation
 * 13)  Regulatory agency
 * 14)  Regulatory compliance
 * 15)  Rulemaking
 * 16)  Standing

Civil law (7 articles)

 * 1)  Civil code
 * 2)  Civil law
 * 3)  Civil law notary
 * 4)  Law of obligations
 * 5)  List of national legal systems
 * 6)  Private law
 * 7)  Public liability

Common law (45 articles)

 * 1)  Common law
 * 2)  Civil law
 * 3)  Criminal law
 * 4)  Abortion law
 * 5)  Defense
 * 6)  Element
 * 7)  Entrapment
 * 8)  Parole
 * 9)  Prosecutor
 * 10)  Equity
 * 11)  Beneficiary
 * 12)  Injunction
 * 13)  Constructive trust
 * 14)  Discretionary trust
 * 15)  Trustee
 * 16)  Evidence
 * 17)  Relevance
 * 18)  Authentication
 * 19)  Hearsay
 * 20)  Legal liability
 * 21)  Property law
 * 22)  Conveyancing
 * 23)  Eminent domain
 * 24)  Enclosure
 * 25)  Estate in land
 * 26)  Future interest
 * 27)  Inheritance
 * 28)  Land law
 * 29)  Private property
 * 30)  Trust law
 * 31)  Will and testament
 * 32)  Tort
 * 33)  Intentional tort
 * 34)  Assault
 * 35)  Battery
 * 36)  Intentional infliction of emotional distress
 * 37)  Conversion
 * 38)   Trespass
 * 39)  Trespass to land
 * 40)  Trespass to chattels
 * 41)  Defamation
 * 42)   Negligence
 * 43)  Nuisance
 * 44)  Economic torts
 * 45)  Damages

Constitutional law (17 articles)

 * 1)  Constitutional law
 * 2)  Constitutional amendment
 * 3)  Constitutional Commission
 * 4)  Constitutional convention
 * 5)  Constitutional court
 * 6)  Constitutional crisis
 * 7)  Election law
 * 8)  Ex post facto
 * 9)  Fundamental rights
 * 10)  Golden rule
 * 11)  Habeas corpus
 * 12)  Metaconstitution
 * 13)  Organic law
 * 14)  Ratification
 * 15)  Royal prerogative
 * 16)  State of emergency
 * 17)  Term limit

Contract law (14 articles)

 * 1)  Contract
 * 2)  Breach of contract
 * 3)  Consideration
 * 4)  Delict
 * 5)  Estoppel
 * 6)  Gentlemen's agreement
 * 7)  Legal remedy
 * 8)  Specific performance
 * 9)  Offer and acceptance
 * 10)  Quasi-contract
 * 11)  Surety
 * 12)  Contractual term
 * 13)  Unconscionability
 * 14)  Undue influence

Intellectual property law (11 articles)

 * 1)  Intellectual property
 * 2)   Copyright
 * 3)  Fair use
 * 4)  Patent
 * 5)  Trademark
 * 6)  Trade dress
 * 7)  Trade secret
 * 8)  Moral rights
 * 9)  License
 * 10)  Patentability
 * 11)  Public domain

International law (21 articles)

 * 1)  International law
 * 2)  Admiralty law
 * 3)  Arms control
 * 4)  Art and culture law
 * 5)  Conflict of laws
 * 6)  Independence referendum
 * 7)  International criminal law
 * 8)  Environmental law
 * 9)  International human rights instruments
 * 10)  International taxation
 * 11)  Law of war
 * 12)  Nationality law
 * 13)  Partition
 * 14)  Platform of European Memory and Conscience
 * 15) Prague Process
 * 16)  Public international law
 * 17)  Secession
 * 18)   Statelessness
 * 19)  Transitional justice
 * 20)  United Nations resolution
 * 21)  Universal jurisdiction

Religious law (5 articles)

 * 1)  Religious law
 * 2)  Blasphemy law
 * 3)  Canon law
 * 4)  Canon law of the Catholic Church
 * 5)  Excommunication

Statutory law (12 articles)

 * 1)  Statutory law
 * 2)  Legislation
 * 3)  Age of consent
 * 4)  Bill
 * 5)   European Union legislative procedure
 * 6)  Lists of legislation
 * 7)  Repeal
 * 8)  Treaty
 * 9)  CITES
 * 10)  General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
 * 11)  Resolution
 * 12)  Uniform act

Trust law (3 articles)

 * 1)  Trust law
 * 2)  United States trust law
 * 3)  Will and testament

Laws of specific people groups (3 articles)

 * 1)  Chinese law
 * 2)  Halakha
 * 3)  Socialist law

Institutions (48 articles)

 * 1)  Bar
 * 2)  Bench
 * 3)  Chambers
 * 4)  Constituent assembly
 * 5)  Court
 * 6)  Court of equity
 * 7)  Court-martial
 * 8)  Inns of Chancery
 * 9)  International judicial institution
 * 10)  Judiciary
 * 11)  Judicial review
 * 12)  Rule of law
 * 13)  Tribunal
 * 14)  Jury
 * 15)  Coroner's jury
 * 16)  Grand jury
 * 17)  Petit jury
 * 18)  Justice minister
 * 19)  King's Inns
 * 20)  Law commission
 * 21)  Law enforcement organization
 * 22)  Law firm
 * 23)  Law society
 * 24)  Legal aid
 * 25)  Patent office
 * 26)   Police
 * 27)  Security
 * 28)  Access control
 * 29)  Biosecurity
 * 30)  Crime prevention
 * 31)  Food security
 * 32)  Identity document
 * 33)  International security
 * 34)  Security engineering
 * 35)  Survival skills

Specific courts (13 articles)

 * 1)  Supreme Court of Canada
 * 2)  Courts of England and Wales
 * 3)  European Court of Justice
 * 4)  High Court of Justice
 * 5)  Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
 * 6)  Supreme Court of India
 * 7)  International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
 * 8)  International Military Tribunal for the Far East
 * 9)   Nuremberg trials
 * 10)   Court of Session
 * 11)  College of Justice
 * 12)   Supreme Court of the United States
 * 13)   United States Tax Court

Professions (16 articles)

 * 1)  Advocate
 * 2)  Chief justice
 * 3)  Coroner
 * 4)  Executioner
 * 5)  Herald
 * 6)  Judge
 * 7)  Jurist
 * 8)  Justice of the peace
 * 9)  Law clerk
 * 10)   Lawyer
 * 11)  Attorney at law
 * 12)  Attorney-in-fact
 * 13)  Barrister
 * 14)  Solicitor
 * 15)   Paralegal
 * 16)   Sheriff

Crime (122 articles)

 * 1)   Crime
 * 2)  Art theft
 * 3)  Computer crime
 * 4)  Corporate crime
 * 5)  Environmental crime
 * 6)  Poaching
 * 7)  Hate crime
 * 8)  Organized crime
 * 9)  Mafia
 * 10)  Property crime
 * 11)  Sex and the law
 * 12)  Violent crime
 * 13)  Domestic violence
 * 14)  School violence
 * 15)  Workplace violence
 * 16)  Violence against men
 * 17)  Violence against women

Crime classes (6 articles)

 * 1)  Infraction
 * 2)  Misdemeanor
 * 3)  Felony
 * 4)  Summary offense
 * 5)  Indictable offense
 * 6)  Hybrid offense

Crimes against the person (35 articles)

 * 1)  Assault
 * 2)  Battery
 * 3)  Extortion
 * 4)  Harassment
 * 5)  Identity theft
 * 6)  Kidnapping
 * 7)  Homicide
 * 8)  Manslaughter
 * 9)  Corporate manslaughter
 * 10)  Murder
 * 11)   Assassination
 * 12)  Cannibalism
 * 13)  Child murder
 * 14)  Infanticide
 * 15)  Contract killing
 * 16)  Honor killing
 * 17)  Lynching
 * 18)  Mass murder
 * 19)  Mass shooting
 * 20)  Poisoning
 * 21)  Serial killer
 * 22)  Spree killer
 * 23)   School shooting
 * 24)  Robbery
 * 25)  Bank robbery
 * 26)  Sexual assault
 * 27)  Child sexual abuse
 * 28)  Rape
 * 29)  Date rape
 * 30)  Gang rape
 * 31)  Genocidal rape
 * 32)  Prison rape
 * 33)  Revenge porn
 * 34)  Serial rapist
 * 35)  Statutory rape

Crimes against property (25 articles)

 * 1)  Arson
 * 2)  Blackmail
 * 3)  Copyright infringement
 * 4)  Deception
 * 5)  Embezzlement
 * 6)  False pretenses
 * 7)  Financial crime
 * 8)  Fraud
 * 9)  Home invasion
 * 10)  Looting
 * 11)  Patent infringement
 * 12)  Piracy
 * 13)  Drug cartel
 * 14)  Illegal drug trade
 * 15)  Smuggling
 * 16)  Possession of stolen goods
 * 17)  Sabotage
 * 18)  Theft
 * 19)  Burglary
 * 20)  Criminal conversion
 * 21)  Larceny
 * 22)  Pickpocketing
 * 23)  Shoplifting
 * 24)  Usury
 * 25)  Vandalism

Crimes against public order (4 articles)

 * 1)  Public-order crime
 * 2)  Driving under the influence
 * 3)  Drug possession
 * 4)  Indecent exposure

Crimes against the state (1 article)

 * 1)  Treason

Crimes against justice (7 articles)

 * 1)  Bribery
 * 2)  False imprisonment
 * 3)  Misprision of felony
 * 4)  Obstruction of justice
 * 5)  Perjury
 * 6)  Prison escape
 * 7)  Malfeasance in office

Crimes against international law (15 articles)

 * 1)  Crimes against humanity
 * 2)  Crime against peace
 * 3)  Crime of apartheid
 * 4)  Forced disappearance
 * 5)  Forced displacement
 * 6)  Human trafficking
 * 7)  Sex trafficking
 * 8)  Torture
 * 9)  Crucifixion
 * 10)  Human branding
 * 11)  Brainwashing
 * 12)  Mutilation
 * 13)  Wartime sexual violence
 * 14)  Water torture
 * 15)  War of aggression

Inchoate offenses (8 articles)

 * 1)  Inchoate offense
 * 2)  Accessory
 * 3)  Attempt
 * 4)  Common purpose
 * 5)  Conspiracy
 * 6)  Incitement
 * 7)  Solicitation
 * 8)  Stalking

Criminology (4 articles)

 * 1)  Forensic science
 * 2)  Offender profiling
 * 3)  Penology
 * 4)  Victimology

General (48 articles)

 * 1)  Procedural law
 * 2)  Appeal
 * 3)  Defendant
 * 4)  Deposition
 * 5)  Gavel
 * 6)  Legal proceeding
 * 7)  Master
 * 8)  Motion
 * 9)  Objection
 * 10)  Procedural law
 * 11)  Record sealing
 * 12)  Sanctions
 * 13)  Substitution
 * 14)  Trial
 * 15)  Opening statement
 * 16)  Direct examination
 * 17)  Cross-examination
 * 18)  Closing argument
 * 19)  Writ

Criminal procedure (17 articles)

 * 1)  Criminal procedure
 * 2)  Arrest
 * 3)  Bail
 * 4)  Criminal investigation
 * 5)  Interrogation
 * 6)  Guilt
 * 7)  Plea
 * 8)  Plea bargain
 * 9)  Right to silence
 * 10)  Warrant
 * 11)  Arrest warrant
 * 12)  Search warrant
 * 13)  Sentence
 * 14)  Verdict
 * 15)  Acquittal
 * 16)  Conviction
 * 17)  Judgment notwithstanding verdict

Civil procedure (12 articles)

 * 1)  Civil procedure
 * 2)  Complaint
 * 3)  Discovery
 * 4)  Filing
 * 5)  Hearing
 * 6)  Judgment
 * 7)  Summary judgment
 * 8)  Lawsuit
 * 9)  Plaintiff
 * 10)  Pleading
 * 11)  Settlement
 * 12)  Subpoena

Documents (56 articles)

 * 1)  Legal instrument
 * 2)  Charter
 * 3)  Municipal charter
 * 4)  Royal charter

Legal codes (9 articles)

 * 1)  Building code
 * 2)  Civil Procedure Rules
 * 3)  Code of Hammurabi
 * 4)  Corpus Juris Civilis
 * 5)  Codification
 * 6)  Draconian constitution
 * 7)  Fire safety
 * 8)  Napoleonic Code
 * 9)  United States Code

Political charters (30 articles)

 * 1)  Acts of Union 1707
 * 2)  Anglo-Saxon charters
 * 3)   Articles of Confederation
 * 4)  Atlantic Charter
 * 5)  Bill of Rights 1689
 * 6)  Charter 08
 * 7)  Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
 * 8)  Constitution of the United Kingdom
 * 9)  Declaration of Interdependence
 * 10)  Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
 * 11)  Fundamental Laws of England
 * 12)  Instrument of Government
 * 13)  Magna Carta
 * 14)  Mayflower Compact
 * 15)  North Atlantic Treaty
 * 16)  Paris Charter
 * 17)  Provisions of Oxford
 * 18)  Statute of Westminster 1931
 * 19)  Treaty of Lisbon
 * 20)  Charter of the United Nations
 * 21)   United States Bill of Rights
 * 22)   First Amendment to the United States Constitution
 * 23)    Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
 * 24)  Third Amendment to the United States Constitution
 * 25)  Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution
 * 26)  Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
 * 27)  Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution
 * 28)   Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
 * 29)  Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution
 * 30)  Constitution of the United States

Human rights instruments (10 articles)

 * 1)  Arab Charter on Human Rights
 * 2)  Declaration of Human Duties and Responsibilities
 * 3)  Emancipation Proclamation
 * 4)  European Convention on Human Rights
 * 5)  Geneva Conventions
 * 6)  International Bill of Human Rights
 * 7)  International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
 * 8)  International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
 * 9)  United States Declaration of Independence
 * 10)  Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Criminal law (3 articles)

 * 1)  Amnesty law
 * 2)  European Arrest Warrant
 * 3)  Nuremberg principles

Great Britain (2 articles)

 * 1)   Somerset v Stewart
 * 2)  Donoghue v Stevenson

United States (28 articles)

 * 1)  Marbury v. Madison
 * 2)  McCulloch v. Maryland
 * 3)   Dred Scott v. Sandford
 * 4)  Plessy v. Ferguson
 * 5)  Brown v. Board of Education
 * 6)  Browder v. Gayle
 * 7)  Gideon v. Wainwright
 * 8)  New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
 * 9)  Griswold v. Connecticut
 * 10)  Miranda v. Arizona
 * 11)  Loving v. Virginia
 * 12)  United States v. O'Brien
 * 13)  Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
 * 14)  New York Times Co. v. United States
 * 15)  Eisenstadt v. Baird
 * 16)   Roe v. Wade
 * 17)  Miller v. California
 * 18)  United States v. Nixon
 * 19)  Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.
 * 20)  Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
 * 21)  Bowers v. Hardwick
 * 22)  Texas v. Johnson
 * 23)  Romer v. Evans
 * 24)  Bush v. Gore
 * 25)   Lawrence v. Texas
 * 26)  District of Columbia v. Heller
 * 27)  Citizens United v. FEC
 * 28)   Obergefell v. Hodges