Similar codes of law were created in several nearby civilizations, including the earlier Mesopotamian examples of Ur-Nammu's code, Laws of Eshnunna, and

Recently Lawrence Lessig has argued in his book Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace that computer code may regulate conduct in much the same way that legal codes do.

The essential difference in the two codes is encapsulated in Laws 9 and 11 which state that no ( outfield ) player shall run with the ball ( in his hands ) and that no ( outfield ) player shall throw the ball or pass it to another with his hands.

In point of fact, precisely such brief, pointed laws are extant in the Mesopotamian codes, for example, the code of Hammurabi § 27 and the Laws of Eshnuna § 29.

Called " Novels " or " New Laws ", these were codes that dealt with current problems and issues, such as the prohibition on fourth marriages.

Laws concerning business ethics are delineated in the major codes of Jewish law ( e. g. Mishneh Torah, 12th c .; Shulhan Arukh, particularly Choshen Mishpat, 16th c .).

While Public Prosecutor, Lemkin was also secretary of the Committee on Codification of the Laws of the Polish Republic, which codified the penal codes of Poland, and taught law at Tachkimoni College in Warsaw.

The Laws feature Oaths & vows, Sundry rulings ( halakhot ), Camp laws, and a fragment of Penal codes ( more of which were found in the Qumran fragments ).

A code of laws, known as the " Duke's Laws ", drafted by the governor with the help of his secretary, Matthias Nicolls ( c. 1630 – 1687 ), and dated 12 March, was proclaimed at Hempstead, Long Island, on 1 March 1665 and continued in force until 1683 ; the code was compiled from the codes of the New England colonies, and it provided for trial by jury, for proportional taxation on property, for the issuance of new patents for land and for land tenure only by licence from the duke.

Laws prohibiting hate speech are unconstitutional in the United States ; the United States federal government and state governments are forbidden by the First Amendment of the Constitution from restricting speech .< ref >

Laws prohibiting Cannabis in the United States and Canada specifically named products of C. sativa as prohibited materials.

Two years later, Charles V signed the New Laws ( which replaced the Laws of Burgos of 1512 ) prohibiting slavery and the repartimientos, but also claiming as his own all the American lands and all of the autochthonous people as his own subjects.

According to a website for Pendarvis ' movement, their objectives were to " remove oppressive Regulations ... and stop enforcement of Laws prohibiting Victimless Acts among Consenting Adults, such as Dueling, Gambling, Incest, Price-Gouging, Cannibalism, and Drug Handling.

Laws were passed prohibiting nude swimming in the Ohio River during daylight hours, and prohibiting dogs from running loose.

Under governmental supervision the notorious Corn Laws of 1815 were passed prohibiting the import of foreign wheat until the domestic price reached a minimum accepted level.

Laws prohibiting dowry in Bangladesh include Dowry Prohibition Act, 1980 ; Dowry Prohibition ( Amendment ) Ordinance, 1982 ; and Dowry Prohibition ( Amendment ) Ordinance, 1986.

Laws prohibiting or regulating the purchase of inexpensive handguns such as the Saturday Night Special are controversial in the United States.

Laws prohibiting homosexuality were also passed in China.

In the late 18th century, the Penal Laws were gradually relaxed and in the 1790s the laws prohibiting Catholics bearing arms were abolished.

According to a website for Mr. Pendarvis ' movement, their objectives were to " remove oppressive Regulations ... and stop enforcement of Laws prohibiting Victimless Acts among Consenting Adults, such as Dueling, Gambling, Incest, Price-Gouging, Cannibalism, and Drug Handling.

The New Laws, prohibiting the enslavement of Indians, had resulted in higher labor costs as miners turned to wage labor and expensive African slaves.

Laws prohibiting the promotion of Communism, also remain active.

This particular charge dates back to Plato, who argued in the Laws I 636c and VIII 841d that homosexual sex was " out of nature " ( para phusin ).

The Laws of Manu, the foundational work of Hindu law, mentions a " third sex ", members of which may engage in nontraditional gender expression and homosexual activities.

In an appearance on the ABC's Enough Rope, Laws accused Jones of placing pressure on Prime Minister John Howard to keep Flint as head of the ABA, made comments that many viewers took to imply a sexual relationship between Jones and Flint, and broadly hinted that Jones and Flint were homosexual.

In the Laws, Plato takes a harsh view of homosexual relations, and proposes to legislate against them.

Laws regarding who can practice midwifery and in what circumstances vary from state to state.

Early New England laws banning the sale of alcohol to Native Americans were criticized because it was “ not fit to deprive Indians of any lawfull comfort aloweth to all men by the use of wine .” Laws banned the practice of individuals toasting each other, with the explanation that it led to wasting God's gift of beer and wine, as well as being carnal.

Prior to the establishment of Glasnevin Cemetery, Irish Catholics had no cemeteries of their own in which to bury their dead and, as the repressive Penal Laws of the eighteenth century placed heavy restrictions on the public performance of Catholic services, it had become normal practice for Catholics to conduct a limited version of their own funeral services in Protestant cemeteries.

A condition stating that the Zeroth Law must not be broken was added to the original Three Laws, although Asimov recognized the difficulty such a law would pose in practice.

Notable omissions from the list include laws passed by the First Dáil and Second Dáil, and the Brehon Laws which were traditional Celtic laws, the practice of which was only finally wiped out during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.

This practice usually consisted of reading classic legal texts, such as Edward Coke's Institutes of the Lawes of England and William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England.

If they choose to practice as advocates and solicitors, they have to be vetted and short-listed to continue with a one ( 1 ) year Bachelor of Laws ( Hons ) or LL. B ( Hons ) programme offered by UiTM.

Foreign lawyers seeking to practice in the U. S., who do not have a J. D., often seek to obtain a Master of Laws ( LL. M.

He received a Bachelor of Arts in Law and Bachelor of Civil Laws from St Peter's College, returned to the United States in 1934 and opened a law practice in Oklahoma City in 1935.

Laws passed by the provinces follow a similar practice.

The practice of coining common names has long been discouraged ; de Candolle's Laws of Botanical Nomenclature, 1868, the non-binding recommendations that form the basis of the modern ( now binding ) International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants contains the following: Art.

A similarity, common to most Nichiren schools, is the shared doctrine of The Three Great Hidden Dharmas, referred to in some schools as theThree Great Secret Laws, as “... it was in order to put the insight of Ichinen Sanzen into actual practice that Nichiren Shonin taught The Three Great Secret Dharmas: the Gohonzon, the Essential Focus of Reverence, the Odaimoku, the great Title of the Lotos Sutra ; and the Kaidan, the Precept Platform .”

The rules concerning practice on the field are covered principally by Law 17 of the Laws of Cricket.

Somewhat later, the Edo period penal laws prescribed " non-free labour " for the immediate family of executed criminals in Article 17 of the Gotōke reijō ( Tokugawa House Laws ), but the practice never became common.

Despite Thomson's acquittal, many states passed " Black Laws ," restricting the practice of unconventional medicine.

Laws were passed mandating that political parties could not be ethnically or tribally based ; however, it has been hard to make this work in practice.

Laws is said to have pioneered the practice ( soon taken up by Rofe ) of using contacts in the airline industry to supply him with the latest pop releases from overseas, a facility which gave him an edge at a time when many pop records were not released in Australia until weeks or even months after being issued overseas.

In 2000, the Federal Communications Commission, in response to a complaint by the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, sent inquiries to five major television networks about ONDCP's practice of offering millions of additional advertising dollars to networks that embedded anti-drug messages in their programming.

A graduate of the University of Melbourne, where he earned Master of Arts and Master of Laws degrees, he established a successful legal practice, McCay & Thwaites.

While the scorers ' role is clearly defined under the Laws of Cricket to be merely the recording of runs, wickets and overs, and the constant checking of the accuracy of their records with each other and with the umpires, in practice a modern scorer's role is complicated by other requirements.

This practice was begun sometime after the Nuremberg Laws of 1935, and allowed exemption from most of Germany's racial laws.

Laws created to prevent blast fishing are poorly enforced by officials of this area, and fisherman are highly motivated to continue this practice for survival and profit.

Somewhat later, the Edo period penal laws prescribed " non-free labor " for the immediate family of executed criminals in Article 17 of the Gotōke reijō ( Tokugawa House Laws ), but the practice never became common.

In 1859, he earned a Bachelor of Laws from Cumberland and was valedictorian of his class of forty-seven students ; he was admitted to the bar and commenced practice at Richmond.