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public law

NOUN
law affecting the public
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She began her career in the legal industry with an international public law background.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

Thomas Hooker, the 17th-century “father of Connecticut,” invoked the model of the biblical “Hebrew Republic” in Election Day sermons to the settlers of that church-state, whose separation of religion and public law would come later.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2024

Gerard Hanratty, a public law expert, says: "You can put lots of different things on a label. It doesn't mean to say that it is then legal and you are compliant with the regulations."

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2023

Separately, 71 Australian university teachers of constitution law and other fields of public law signed an open letter published Friday that rebutted the argument that the Voice would be “risky.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2023

It was these men who, at the close of the Revolution, framed the American Constitution, the greatest achievement in the history of public law.

From A History of the Philippines by Barrows, David P.