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	This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on March 5, 2007.
Article milestones Date Process Result February 16, 2007 Featured article candidate Promoted October 16, 2008 Featured article review Kept December 3, 2011 Featured article review Demoted
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Section sizes Section size for Law (39 sections) Section name Byte count Prose size (words) Header Total Header Total (Top) 12,408 12,408 292 292 Etymology 291 291 25 25 Philosophy of law 1,140 10,157 23 858 Analytical jurisprudence 3,509 3,509 290 290 Connection to morality and justice 5,508 5,508 545 545 History 9,840 9,840 827 827 Legal systems 2,780 21,762 135 1,714 Civil law 4,705 4,705 402 402 Common law and equity 5,272 5,272 509 509 Religious law 1,863 8,116 202 616 Canon law 4,552 4,552 237 237 Sharia law 1,701 1,701 177 177 Socialist law 889 889 52 52 Legal methods 2,528 2,528 203 203 Legal institutions 3,091 21,596 202 1,977 Judiciary 90 90 0 0 Legislature 2,433 2,433 298 298 Executive 2,383 2,383 285 285 Law enforcement 2,522 2,522 155 155 Bureaucracy 2,890 2,890 271 271 Legal profession 4,430 4,430 443 443 Civil society 3,757 3,757 323 323 Areas of law 1,572 20,253 103 1,898 International law 333 333 0 0 Constitutional and administrative law 2,916 2,916 297 297 Criminal law 4,569 4,569 409 409 Contract law 2,953 2,953 308 308 Torts and delicts 4,050 4,050 346 346 Property law 2,771 2,771 299 299 Trusts 1,089 1,089 136 136 Intersection with other fields 37 4,777 0 546 Economics 1,766 1,766 188 188 Sociology 2,974 2,974 358 358 See also 377 377 0 0 Notes 26 26 0 0 References 30 30 0 0 Bibliography 32,631 32,631 0 0 Further reading 1,364 1,364 0 0 External links 1,426 1,426 0 0 Total 139,466 139,466 8,340 8,340

Wiki Education assignment: Introduction to Community Economic and Social Development II

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 9 January 2024 and 5 April 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Arshdeepkaur015 (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by Arshdeepkaur015 (talk) 20:20, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Arshdeepkaur015 2601:41:C381:43F0:E93E:37F9:B685:CE8 (talk) 03:02, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I want to link goverment in first sentence as such

But @Remsense doesn't want it, I want other peoples opinion

Like so:

Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior ModernDaySlavery (talk) 04:18, 1 November 2024 (UTC)) User has been blocked as a sockpuppet. —Sangdeboeuf (talk) 20:28, 4 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's a pretty common word that is being used in a normal way here, so it's not entirely necessary :) In big, broad topics like this article, a lot of the words and phrases we use in the lead section are also very broad and common, so it's easy to overlink. For example, I would also remove the links from the word "science", "justice", and "legislature". Alyo (chat·edits) 15:39, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

New article

This discussion has been disrupted by block evasion, ban evasion, or sockpuppetry from the following user: A Plumbing I Will Go (talk · contribs · block log · spi) Comments from this user should be excluded from assessments of consensus.

I'm posting this here in case others here might be interested in editing this.

Brigida v. FAA

A Plumbing I Will Go (talk) 18:59, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Try Wikipedia:WikiProject Law. Remsense ‥ 论 19:04, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

common law

what is common law 41.13.146.148 (talk) 11:19, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong venue. Try Wikipedia:Reference desk. Mathglot (talk) 03:23, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 25 December 2025 - Fix extraneous open bracket

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This citation immediately before this heading:

=== Bureaucracy ===

Has a stray open bracket at the beginning which should be removed.

[{{cite ...

Here's the whole citation, for reference:

<ref>[{{cite web|title=Des Sergents de Ville et Gardiens de la Paix à la Police de Proximité : la Préfecture de Police au Service des Citoyens|language=fr|publisher=La Préfecture de Police de Paris|url=http://www.prefecture-police-paris.interieur.gouv.fr/documentation/bicentenaire/theme_expo4.htm|access-date=24 January 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506215949/http://www.prefecture-police-paris.interieur.gouv.fr/documentation/bicentenaire/theme_expo4.htm|archive-date=6 May 2008}}</ref>

Meapineapple (talk) 16:49, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done CardboardLamp (^T_C) 17:09, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]