Definitions for Public Law
pub·lic law

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1. public lawnoun

   a law affecting the public at large

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1. public lawnoun

   A category of law governing the relationship between the state on one hand and persons (citizens or legal persons including corporations) on the other. Constitutional law, administrative law and criminal law are some of the major subdivisions of public law.

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1. Public law

   Public law is the part of law that governs relations between legal persons and a government, between different institutions within a state, between different branches of governments, as well as relationships between persons that are of direct concern to society. Public law comprises constitutional law, administrative law, tax law and criminal law, as well as all procedural law. Laws concerning relationships between individuals belong to private law. The relationships public law governs are asymmetric and unequalized. Government bodies (central or local) can make decisions about the rights of persons. However, as a consequence of the rule-of-law doctrine, authorities may only act within the law (secundum et intra legem). The government must obey the law. For example, a citizen unhappy with a decision of an administrative authority can ask a court for judicial review. The distinction between public law and private law dates back to Roman law, where the Roman jurist Ulpian (c. 170 – 228) first noted it. It was later adopted to understand the legal systems both of countries that adhere to the civil-law tradition, and of those that adhere to common-law tradition. The borderline between public law and private law is not always clear. Law as a whole cannot neatly be divided into "law for the State" and "law for everyone else". As such, the distinction between public and private law is largely functional rather than factual, classifying laws according to which domain the activities, participants, and principal concerns involved best fit into. This has given rise to attempts to establish a theoretical understanding for the basis of public law.

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1. public law

   Public law is a branch of law that deals with legal issues involving government institutions or that impact society as a whole. It encompasses areas such as constitutional law, administrative law, tax law, criminal law and procedural law. Public law defines the rules that specify the rights, duties, and powers of such institutions and it governs the relationship between the state and individuals, as well as between different branches of the state.

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1. Public law

   Public law is that part of law which governs relationships between individuals and the government, and those relationships between individuals which are of direct concern to the society. Public law comprises constitutional law, administrative law, tax law and criminal law, as well as all procedural law. In public law, mandatory rules prevail. Laws concerning relationships between individuals belong to private law. The relationships public law governs are asymmetric and unequal – government bodies can make decisions about the rights of individuals. However, as a consequence of the rule of law doctrine, authorities may only act within the law. The government must obey the law. For example, a citizen unhappy with a decision of an administrative authority can ask a court for judicial review. Rights, too, can be divided into private rights and public rights. A paragon of a public right is the right to welfare benefits – only a natural person can claim such payments, and they are awarded through an administrative decision out of the government budget. The distinction between public law and private law dates back to Roman law. It has been picked up in the countries of civil law tradition at the beginning of the 19th century, but since then spread to common law countries, too.

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How to pronounce Public Law?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Karen

   Australian

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   Neerja

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Public Law in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Public Law in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Public Law
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Public_Law
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Law
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Public Law