Law

Law is a system of rules that are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior. Laws can be made by a collective legislature or by a single legislator, resulting in statutes, by the executive through decrees and regulations, or by judges through binding precedent, normally in common law jurisdictions. Private individuals can create legally binding contracts, including arbitration agreements that may elect to accept alternative arbitration to the normal court process. The formation of laws themselves may be influenced by a constitution, written or tacit, and the rights encoded therein. The law shapes politics, economics, history and society in various ways and serves as a mediator of relations between people.

A general distinction can be made between (a) civil law jurisdictions (including Catholic canon law and socialist law), in which the legislature or other central body codifies and consolidates their laws, and (b) common law systems, where judge-made precedent is accepted as binding law. Historically, religious laws played a significant role even in settling of secular matters, which is still the case in some religious communities, particularly Jewish, and some countries, particularly Islamic. Islamic Sharia law is the world's most widely used religious law.

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Kiribati's first-of-its-kind Data Protection Bill passes first reading

RNZ 02 Apr 2025
Kiribati uses ID (identification) cards and has many systems in which citizens are expected to give up their personal information. However, there has been no law to protect that data ... He said other countries have laws in place protecting their citizens' government-gathered data, and Kiribati is just following suit....
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Citing post-Holocaust doctrine, Germany seeks to deport 4 pro-Palestinian protesters

Jewish Telegraph Agency 02 Apr 2025
Germany is moving to deport four foreign residents of Berlin over their alleged activity at pro-Palestinian protests, in a move that appears likely to test a foundational law enacted in the wake of the Holocaust. Three of the residents are citizens of the European Union, which normally allows free movement between member states....
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The LaFayette Sun Legals | Week of March 30, 2025

Opelika Observer 02 Apr 2025
Alabama law gives some persons who have an interest in property the right to redeem the property under certain circumstances ... THE BELOW LAW FIRM MAY BE HELD TO BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, UNDER FEDERAL LAW ... Alabama law gives some persons who have an interest in property the right to redeem the property under certain circumstances....
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Residents take to streets to demand reinstatement of transferred F North ward officer

Hindustan Times 02 Apr 2025
Shukla couldn’t cater to their electoral interests, as he worked within the law for the benefit of the citizens ...Everything Shukla did was within the law,” he said ... Chirag Shah, a member of the Wadala West CitizensForum, said that Shukla was a responsive and hands-on ward officer....
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Antioch City Council appoints two members for police oversight commission

East Bay Times 02 Apr 2025
She has a background in mental health, managed care, law enforcement, emergency medical services, and public safety ... According to a staff report, Elekwachi said she understands what to expect of law enforcement personnel and what it means to be a civilian....
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A Democratic-leaning town is among Maine’s 1st to pursue a deal with ICE

Bangor Daily News 02 Apr 2025
“What prompted it is it gives law enforcement another tool in the toolbelt to act and enforce laws, to protect citizens of the town and state,” she said ... illegally without a warrant, transport people who have violated federal immigration laws to ICE-approved detention facilities, and serve arrest warrants for immigration violations....
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Mohammed Binji: Law Anchors Society, Good Governance

This Day 02 Apr 2025
Nasiru Mohammed Binji, who credits Governor Ahmed Aliyu with firm belief in law and constitutionalism, speaks with Louis Achi on the role of law in good governance, amendment of Section 76 of the LGA law that ‘triggered’ tension with the Sultanate Council and the challenges of his ministry ... To the contrary we are very law-abiding citizens....
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ON UROMI 16 AND JUNGLE JUSTICE

This Day 02 Apr 2025
... groups. Many communities have resorted to setting up vigilante groups to assist law enforcement agencies who are grossly understaffed and underfunded ... Not only is it a threat to law abiding citizens, but it is also a serious danger to public peace....
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Wisconsin Supreme Court election results: Susan Crawford defeats Brad Schimel in most expensive judicial race in US history

Green Bay Press Gazette 02 Apr 2025
history. Crawford, 60, had received 57.6% of the vote to Schimel's 42.4% with 46% of the vote in, according to unofficial results ... Both campaigns launched attack ads that heavily featured criminal cases overseen by their opponent, who they argued was putting law-abiding citizens in danger by going easy on felons ... J.B....
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SCOTUS to hear oral arguments in abortion-related case

The Hill 02 Apr 2025
Click in for more news from The Hill. {beacon}. Health Care. Health Care.  . The Big Story ... © The Hill, Greg Nash ... According to health law experts, the case isn’t really about abortion ...   ... The ... “It is another thing for the State to enforce its values and laws, as chosen by the Attorney General, outside its boundaries by punishing its citizens....
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'Create fear and division': Republican's 'chaos agent' argument blasted as 'just silly'

Alternet 01 Apr 2025
“No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” “Some dumb campaign promise”....
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Trump wants to revive 'alien registration' for immigrants. Advocates say no.

Courier Journal 01 Apr 2025
Advocates say President Donald Trump's revival of a dormant "alien registration" law would turn the United States into a "show me your papers" country and expose non-citizens – even those here legally – to a new criminal enforcement regime, the lawsuit claims....
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Safeguarding American Elections

Fort Madison Daily Democrat 01 Apr 2025
America’s elections should be decided by American citizens—period. Yet under the weak progressive policies of the Biden Administration and Democrats, our voter rolls are vulnerable to illegal immigrants and non-citizens ... citizen, you should not be voting in federal elections....

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