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

Because there’s no written law, insider trading has been pursued under anti-fraud statutes.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2014

In general, however, the severity of the written law was scarcely realized but by men with very tender consciences or with very few friends.

From Chaucer and His England by Coulton, G. G.