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law of unintended consequences — Events and/or actions that result from the implementation of a law or rule that the makers of the law did not expect … The small dictionary of idiomes
Unintended Consequences (novel) — For the Law of unintended consequences , see Unintended consequence Unintended Consequences is a novel by author John Ross, first published in 1996 by Accurate Press. The lengthy (863 pages) story chronicles the history of the gun culture, gun… … Wikipedia
Unintended consequence — Unintended consequences are outcomes that are not (or not limited to) what the actor intended in a particular situation. The unintended results may be foreseen or unforeseen, but they should be the logical or likely results of the action. For… … Wikipedia
Physical law — A physical law or scientific law is a scientific generalization based on empirical observations of physical behavior (i.e. the law of nature [ E.g. an observable law relating to natural phenomena. Oxford Dictionary] ). Laws of nature are… … Wikipedia
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Three strikes law — Three strikes laws are statutes enacted by state governments in the United States which require the state courts to hand down a mandatory and extended period of incarceration to persons who have been convicted of a serious criminal offense on… … Wikipedia
Collateral consequences of criminal charges — Collateral consequences of criminal charges, known as the Four C s in legal parlance [http://www2.law.columbia.edu/fourcs] , are the results of arrest, prosecution or conviction that are not part of the sentence imposed. This includes any… … Wikipedia
South African law of delict — The South African law of delict engages primarily with the circumstances in which one person can claim compensation from another for harm that has been suffered. [1] JC Van der Walt and Rob Midgley define a delict, in general terms [...] as a… … Wikipedia
