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Laura T. Swain
Laura Taylor Swain, born 1958 in Brooklyn, is a federal district judge in New York since 2000, appointed by Bill Clinton, and the court's chief judge since 2021.
Laurel Broten
Laurel C. Broten, Canadian lawyer and former Ontario Liberal MPP for Etobicoke—Lakeshore (2003–2013), cabinet minister of Environment, Education, Children and Youth Services, and Intergovernmental Affairs; later CEO of Nova Scotia Business Inc. and Invest in Canada.
Lauren J. King
Lauren Jennifer King, born 1982, is a US district judge for the Western District of Washington since 2021 and Washington State's first Native American federal judge.
Lauren Lake
Lauren Lake, American attorney and Emmy-winning TV judge from Detroit, executive producer and judge of Lauren Lake's Paternity Court (2013–2022) and We the People with Judge Lauren Lake; also singer, author, WEEN co-founder.
Laurence Tribe
Laurence Tribe, Laurence H. Tribe, American constitutional law scholar, Carl M. Loeb University Professor Emeritus at Harvard Law School (1968-2020), author of the 1978 treatise American Constitutional Law and advocate in 35 Supreme Court cases.
Laurie J. Michelson
Laurie J. Michelson, born 1967 in Detroit, is a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, appointed by President Obama and confirmed in 2014.
Lavenski R. Smith
Lavenski R. Smith, born 1958 in Hope, Arkansas, is a judge on the Eighth Circuit US Court of Appeals, appointed by George W. Bush in 2002.
Lavinia Fisher
Lavinia Fisher (1793-1820), American innkeeper hanged with husband John for highway robbery near Charleston, SC; famed as America's first female serial killer, a claim historians dispute.
Law
Law: a system of rules regulating community conduct, enforced through penalties. Covers common law versus civil law families, Roman law roots, natural law versus legal positivism, and rule-of-law measurement.
Law 200 of 1936
Law 200 of 1936, known in Colombia as the Ley de Tierras, was a land law of President Alfonso López Pumarejo allowing extinction of dominion over idle rural land.
Law and procedure of tribunals of inquiry
The law and procedure of tribunals of inquiry governs UK and Irish public inquiries, which compel evidence and report findings but cannot determine civil or criminal liability.
Law applicable to divorce and legal separation regulation
Rome III, Council Regulation (EU) No 1259/2010, sets uniform EU conflict-of-laws rules on which national law governs divorce and legal separation, adopted via the first enhanced cooperation by 17 Member States, with limited spousal choice of law and public policy safeguards.
Law By Mike
Law By Mike is the online persona of Michael L. Mandell, a licensed California attorney and founder of Mandell Law APC, and the largest legal creator on YouTube with about 17.7 million subscribers and 30 million followers across platforms.
Law clerk
A law clerk is a legally trained judicial assistant who researches law, prepares bench memoranda, and drafts opinions for judges. The role began with Horace Gray's privately paid 'secretary' in 1875 and became federally funded in 1919.
Law Commission of India
Law Commission of India (भारत का विधि आयोग): non-statutory advisory body under the Ministry of Law and Justice, first set up in 1955, that researches law and submits reform reports; 22 commissions, 277 reports, 92 implemented.
Law Council of Australia
The Law Council of Australia is the national peak representative body for the Australian legal profession, founded in 1933, representing more than 110,000 lawyers through state and territory societies and bar associations.
Law enforcement in India
Law enforcement in India: state police forces and central agencies (NIA, Enforcement Directorate) under the Ministry of Home Affairs (गृह मंत्रालय). Policing is a state subject under the Constitution; the Police Act 1861 and the 2023 criminal codes frame the system.
Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act
Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), P.L. 108-277, also called H.R. 218, is a 2004 US federal law letting qualified current and retired police officers carry concealed firearms nationwide under 18 U.S.C. 926B and 926C, amended in 2010 and 2013.
Law firm
Law firm: a business organization of lawyers providing legal advice and court representation. Covers Roman and medieval origins, partnership, LLP and professional corporation structures, and modern consolidation and market trends.
Law of agency
Law of agency: common law doctrine of principal-agent relationships, covering actual, apparent, and inherent authority, ratification, fiduciary duties, and civil law comparison.
Law of India
Law of India: a common law system under a written constitution, with nineteenth-century codes (Transfer of Property Act 1882) and religion-based personal laws governing Hindu, Muslim and Christian succession rather than a uniform civil code.
Law of obligations
Law of obligations: the private-law field governing duties owed between persons, covering contract, tort, and restitution. Rooted in Justinian's Roman classification and shared by civil and common law systems, it pairs every obligor's duty with an obligee's right.
Law of Property Act 1925
Law of Property Act 1925 (1925 c. 20) is the cornerstone English land law statute consolidating conveyancing law, passed 9 April 1925 with five companion Acts; it reduced estates to freehold and leasehold and remains in amended force.
Law of Return (חוק השבות)
Law of Return (חוק השבות), Israel's 1950 law giving every Jew the right to immigrate (aliyah) as an oleh; amended 1954 and 1970, when sections 4A and 4B extended eligibility to children, grandchildren, and spouses of Jews and defined "Jew".
Law of succession
The law of succession is the branch of private law governing how a person's property passes to others at death, covering inheritance, the order successors take, and estate administration.
Law of succession in South Africa
South African law of succession: how estates pass by will (Wills Act 1953) or intestate succession (Act 81 of 1987), administered under the Administration of Estates Act 66 of 1965 by the Master of the High Court, with customary succession reshaped by Bhe.
Law of Suspects
The Law of Suspects (loi des suspects), a French National Convention decree of 17 September 1793 during the Terror, defined six categories of suspects, ordered their arrest by surveillance committees, and detained them until the peace.
Law of the sea
Law of the sea: international law governing ocean rights and duties, centered on UNCLOS (1982, in force 1994), with 320 articles defining maritime zones, the EEZ, and the Area; the US has not ratified.
Law of the United Kingdom
The law of the United Kingdom comprises three separate legal systems, England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, under an uncodified constitution of parliamentary sovereignty, common law, and devolved legislatures.
Law of the United States
Law of the United States: the federal-state legal system under the U.S. Constitution, combining English common law, statutes, and regulations; 94 federal district courts, 13 circuits, state courts handling most cases, Louisiana's mixed civil law exception.