written law

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That’s a paradox crime fiction has a unique opportunity to explore by posing questions through storytelling about the contrast between written law and ethical justice.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2024

But the court was told there were differences between the written law and the guidance from the secretary of state for the interpretation of that law.

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2023

Justice demands to be immediate and unconditional, and it can be neither of those things; justice depends on written law, but is in contradiction with it.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 25, 2018

Unwritten customs may be as strong as written law, and many of them have developed in our governmental system.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016

Communities may be governed by a wise superior without any written laws, and in no case does the written law dispense with the necessity of a discretionary living authority.

From Chapters of Bible Study A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Sacred Scriptures by Heuser, Herman J.