Law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the ar ...

is a system of rules that regulate behavior. Law, the law, LAW, laws or similar variants may also refer to:

Other common meanings

Law (principle) A law is a universal principle that describes the fundamental nature of something, the universal properties and the relationships between things, or a description that purports to explain these principles and relationships. Laws of nature ...

, universal principles that describe the fundamental nature of something *

Law enforcement Law enforcement is the activity of some members of the government or other social institutions who act in an organized manner to enforce the law by investigating, deterring, rehabilitating, or punishing people who violate the rules and norms gove ...

, sometimes referred to as "the law" or "lawmen" ** Law or The Law, one of a

list of slang terms for police officers Many police-related slang terms exist for police officers. These terms are rarely used by the police themselves. Police services also have their own internal slang and jargon; some of it is relatively widespread geographically and some very loca ...

Statutory law A statute is a law or formal written enactment of a legislature. Statutes typically declare, command or prohibit something. Statutes are distinguished from court law and unwritten law (also known as common law) in that they are the expressed wi ...

, a written law created by one or more legislators

Places

Law, Dundee Dundee Law is a hill in the centre of Dundee, Scotland, and is the highest point in the city. The Law is what remains of a volcanic sill, which is the result of volcanic activity around 400 million years ago. With a large war memorial at its s ...

, an extinct volcanic peak at the centre of the Scottish city of Dundee * The Law, Ochil Hills, a hill within the Ochil Hills in Scotland * Law, South Lanarkshire, small town in Scotland *

Laws, California Laws (formerly Station and Bishop Depot) is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Inyo County, California, Inyo County, California. Laws is located northeast of Bishop, California, Bishop on U.S. Route 6, towards the Nevada state ...

, United States, an unincorporated community * "The Law", nickname of Dan Law Field, home of the Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team

People

Law (surname) Law is a surname, of English, Scottish, Luo (surname), Cantonese, or Chinese origin. In Scotland, the surname means dweller at the low, as in a hill. Another origin of the surname is a contraction of Lawrence (surname), Lawrence, or Lawson (name), L ...

* Laws (surname) *

Luo (surname) Luo or Lo refers to the Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin romanizations of the Chinese surnames wikt:羅, 羅 (Simplified Chinese: wikt:罗, 罗, pinyin: Luó, Jyutping: Lo4) and wikt:駱, 駱 (Simplified Chinese: wikt:骆, 骆, pinyin: Luò, Jyutping: Lo ...

(羅), a Chinese surname commonly transliterated Law

Arts, entertainment, and media

Books

* ''The Law'' (Bastiat book), an 1850 book by Frédéric Bastiat * ''The Law'' (novel), a 1957 novel by Roger Vailland * ''The Law'' (novella), a 2022 novella by

Jim Butcher Jim Butcher (born October 26, 1971) is an American author., He has written the contemporary Fantasy literature, fantasy ''The Dresden Files'', ''Codex Alera'', and ''Cinder Spires'' book series. Personal life Butcher was born in Independence, M ...

Fictional characters

* Law & Order (G.I. Joe), fictional characters from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero franchise * Law (comics), fictional supervillain *

Marshall Marshall may refer to: Places Australia *Marshall, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria ** Marshall railway station Canada * Marshall, Saskatchewan * The Marshall, a mountain in British Columbia Liberia * Marshall, Liberia Marshall Is ...

and Forest Law, two characters from the ''Tekken'' video game series * Trafalgar D. Water Law, a character from the anime and manga ''One Piece'' * Lawrence Pemberton (known as "The Law"), a character in an American web series ''

Video Game High School ''Video Game High School'' (often abbreviated ''VGHS'') is an American action comedy web series from RocketJump Studios. It was written by Matthew Arnold, Will Campos and Brian Firenzi and directed by Matthew Arnold, Brandon Laatsch, and Freddie ...

Film and television

* ''The Law'' (1943 film), an Indian film by Abdur Rashid Kardar * ''The Law'' (1959 film), with Gina Lollobrigida (original title: ''La Legge'') * ''The Law'' (1974 film), television film with Judd Hirsch ** The Law (TV series), 1975 television miniseries * ''The Law'' (1990 film), 1990 award-winning Burkinabé drama film also known as ''Tilaï'' * ''The Law'' (2002 film), 2002 British television film * "The Law" (''The Amazing World of Gumball''), a television episode * ''Law'' (film), a 2020 Indian Kannada film

Music

Bands

* Law (band), a seventies funk / rock band from Ohio *

The Law (English band) The Law were an English rock group formed in 1991 by singer Paul Rodgers (ex- Free, Bad Company and The Firm) and drummer Kenney Jones (ex-Small Faces/ Faces and The Who). They intended to use different supporting musicians, to allow Rodg ...

, an English rock group * The Law (Scottish band), an indie rock band from Scotland

Albums

* ''The Law'' (Exhorder album) * ''The Law'' (The Law album)

Songs

* "Law" (song), by Yo Gotti featuring E-40 from his album ''The Art of Hustle'' * "Law", a song by David Bowie from his album ''

Earthling Earthling or Earthlings may refer to: Film and television * ''Earthling'' (film), a 2010 sci-fi film * ''Earthlings'' (film), a 2005 animal rights documentary * '' The Earthling'', a 1980 drama film * "Earthling" (''Fringe''), a 2009 TV episod ...

'' * "The Law", a song by Leonard Cohen on the album ''

Various Positions ''Various Positions'' is the seventh studio album by Leonard Cohen, released in December 1984 (and February 1985). It marked not only his turn to a modern sound and use of synthesizers (particularly on the opening track), but also, after the harm ...

'' * "The Law", a song by

King Adora King Adora was a rock group formed in Birmingham, England in 1998. The band released debut album '' Vibrate You'' in May 2001 (charting at No. 30 on the UK Albums Chart) and follow-up '' Who Do You Love?'' in March 2004. The band was notab ...

* "The Law", a song by Uriah Heep on the album '' Outsider'' * "The Law", a song by Editors from '' In Dream''

Other arts, entertainment, and media

* ''L.A.W.'' (comics), a limited series comic book published by DC comics *

Live Audio Wrestling ''Live Audio Wrestling'' (also known as ''The LAW'') was a Canadian sports radio talk show hosted by "The Mouth" Dan Lovranski and Jason Agnew. The program primarily focused on news and events related to professional wrestling (such as WWE) and ...

, a Canadian sports radio talk show that primarily covers professional wrestling and mixed martial arts * Law, one axis of the

alignment Alignment may refer to: Archaeology * Alignment (archaeology), a co-linear arrangement of features or structures with external landmarks * Stone alignment, a linear arrangement of upright, parallel megalithic standing stones Biology * Struc ...

system used in the role-playing game ''Dungeons & Dragons''

Weapons

*LAW = Light anti-tank weapon **

LAW 80 The LAW 80 (Light Anti-armour Weapon 80), regularly referred to as LAW 94 in British service, is a man-portable, disposable anti-tank weapon previously used by the British Army and a few other militaries. Description The weapon consists of an ext ...

, a British light anti-tank weapon **

M72 LAW The M72 LAW (light anti-tank weapon, also referred to as the light anti-armor weapon or LAW as well as LAWS: light anti-armor weapons system) is a portable one-shot unguided anti-tank weapon. In early 1963, the M72 LAW was adopted by the U.S. ...

, an American light anti-tank weapon **

NLAW The Saab Bofors Dynamics NLAW ( ), also known as the MBT LAW or RB 57, is a fire-and-forget, lightweight shoulder-fired, and disposable (single-use) line of sight (LOS) missile system, designed for infantry use. The missile uses a soft-laun ...

, a Swedish light anti-tank weapon *

Laser Weapon System The AN/SEQ-3 Laser Weapon System or XN-1 LaWS is a laser weapon developed by the United States Navy. The weapon was installed on for field testing in 2014. In December 2014, the United States Navy reported that the LaWS system worked perfectly ...

or LaWS, a United States navy laser weapon * Lethal autonomous weapons system or LAWS, autonomous robots designed for military applications

Groups, organizations, companies

* Laredo Law, a defunct 2004 af2 arena football team in Laredo, Texas *

League of American Bicyclists League or The League may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Leagues'' (band), an American rock band * ''The League'', an American sitcom broadcast on FX and FXX about fantasy football * ''League of Legends'', a 2009 multiplayer online battle a ...

, formerly known as the League of American Wheelmen * League of American Writers *

Loyalist Association of Workers The Loyalist Association of Workers (LAW) was a militant unionist organisation in Northern Ireland that sought to mobilise trade union members in support of the loyalist cause. It became notorious for a one-day strike in 1973 that ended in wide ...

, militant unionist organization for trade union members in Northern Ireland * Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights (also known as LAW)

Science and mathematics

Laws of science Scientific laws or laws of science are statements, based on repeated experiments or observations, that describe or predict a range of natural phenomena. The term ''law'' has diverse usage in many cases (approximate, accurate, broad, or narrow) ...

, established principles thought to be universal and invariable *

Law (stochastic processes) In probability theory and related fields, a stochastic () or random process is a mathematical object usually defined as a family of random variables in a probability space, where the index of the family often has the interpretation of time. Stoc ...

, a specific form of law in the stochastic processes subfield of mathematics * Law of mathematics

Transportation and vehicles

* LAW, IATA airport code and FAA location ID for Lawton–Fort Sill Regional Airport, Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States * LAW, station code for Landywood railway station, England * , a destroyer which served in World War II * Light Amphibious Warship (LAW) or Landing Ship Medium (LSM) (U.S. Navy)

Other uses

* ''Laws'' (dialogue), a dialogue by Plato * Flight control law, a flight computer mode in a fly-by-wire aircraft. *

Torah The Torah ( , "Instruction", "Teaching" or "Law") is the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. The Torah is also known as the Pentateuch () ...

in Jewish culture is also known as "The Law"