Law 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), universal principles that describe the fundamental nature of something
  • Law enforcement, sometimes referred to as "the law" or "lawmen"
  • Law or The Law, one of a list of slang terms for police officers
  • Statutory law, a written law created by one or more legislators

Places

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

People

  • Law (surname)
  • Laws (surname)
  • Luo (surname) (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

Fictional characters

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

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), an award-winning Burkinabé drama film also known as Tilaï
  • The Law (2002 film), a 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), 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
  • "The Law", a song by Leonard Cohen on the album Various Positions
  • "The Law", a song by King Adora
  • "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, a Canadian sports radio talk show that primarily covers professional wrestling and mixed martial arts
  • Law, one axis of the alignment system used in the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons

Weapons

  • LAW = Light anti-tank weapon
  • LAW 80, a British light anti-tank weapon
  • M72 LAW, an American light anti-tank weapon
  • NLAW, a Swedish light anti-tank weapon
  • Laser Weapon System 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, formerly known as the League of American Wheelmen
  • League of American Writers
  • Loyalist Association of Workers, 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, established principles thought to be universal and invariable
  • Law (stochastic processes), 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 in Jewish culture is also known as "The Law"

See also

  • Law enforcement agency