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public law

Last modified: Thu Feb 23 16:37:37 2006

Conventional term for the body of law that deals with the responsibilities of the individual to the state, rather than between individuals and other individuals (see: TypesOfLaw). Public law is general held to include criminal, constitutional and administrative law.

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