law = behaviour regulation
nb. regulation = perception + effective response
An unambiguous definition. It does not presume a specific qualification or type of law. i.e. civil/criminal law. Often, law is defined with a 'silent qualification' (i.e. the silent k in knife) and it's generally civil/criminal. The above definition consists of the basic components law.
Behaviour regulation may serve as a stand in for 'law' in any sentence.
Law can be identified anywhere from subatomic particles to parliament. Studies into types behaviour regulation: i.e. Criminal, Civil, Chemical, Physical, Biological, Natural (natural selection) etc..
Wikipedia articles on law (for instance) refer only to civil and criminal forms of law.
Dictionary definitions are plenty but none as simple as the above.
Like this. Is it the function of a dictionary to be more open and less didactic in its definition of law? Perhaps the idea of a dictionary needs to be more conducive to societies growing reediness to encapsulate a certain homogeneous approach to knowledge? Keen to see more re-definitions of words as more inclusive concepts...go for it man!
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