#jurisprudence  the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"
  supertype:  #aggregation__collection__accumulation__assemblage  several things grouped together
  part:  #law
  subtype:  #administrative_law  the body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government
  subtype:  #canon_law__canonlaw__ecclesiastical_law  the body of codified laws governing the affairs of a Christian church
  subtype:  #civil_law__civillaw  the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation
     subtype:  #case_law__precedent__common_law  (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
     subtype:  #legislation__statute_law__statutelaw  law enacted by a legislative body
        subtype:  #enabling_legislation  legislation that gives appropriate officials the authority to implement or enforce the law
        subtype:  #occupational_safety_and_health_act__federal_job_safety_law__OSHA  a law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment
  subtype:  #international_law__internationallaw__law_of_nations  the body of laws governing relations between nations
  subtype:  #law_of_the_land  a phrase used in the Magna Carta to refer to the then established law of the Kingdom (as distinct from Roman or civil law); today it refers to fundamental principles of justice commensurate with due process (the United States Constitution declares itself "the supreme law of the land")
  subtype:  #maritime_law__admiralty_law__admiraltylaw  the traditional body of rules and practices relating to commerce and navigation or to business transacted at sea or to general maritime affairs
  subtype:  #martial_law__martiallaw  the body of law imposed by the military over civilian affairs (usually in time of war or civil crisis); overrides civil law
  subtype:  #mercantile_law__commercial_law__law_merchant__lawmerchant  the body of rules applied to commercial transactions; derived from the practices of traders rather than from jurisprudence
  subtype:  #Mosaic_law__Law_of_Moses  the laws (beginning with the Ten Commandments) that God gave to the Israelites through Moses; it includes many rules of religious observance given in the first five books of the Old Testament (in Judaism these books are called the Torah)
  subtype:  #statutory_law__statutorylaw  the body of laws created by legislative statutes
  subtype:  #securities_law  the body of laws governing the issuance and selling of securities
  subtype:  #tax_law__taxlaw  the body of laws governing taxation

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