codification
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Statutory regulation will produce different results from the common law because, while codification requires detailed regulations addressing all issues up front, the common law allows for nuanced lawmaking tailored to each specific dispute.
From New York Times
Some skaters fret that Olympic codification will come at a cost for the freedom, spontaneity and soul of their sport born on the streets.
From Seattle Times
The masculinization of electronic music likely resulted from a similar kind of streamlined codification in the profit-driven 1980s and beyond, though Rovner’s film does not linger very long on the question of what went wrong.
From New York Times
Many schools and businesses turn to the CDC to make decisions, and codification on the agency website may help encourage groups to make ventilation a priority.
From The Verge
The foundations of halacha are built on the Torah’s commandments and prohibitions, and the Talmud, a codification of Jewish law written down over the course of the early centuries of the first millennium.
From Seattle Times
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