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1,252,010
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1
sharia
Islamic law
71,295
views
views
2
Code of Hammurabi
Babylonian code of law or conduct
60,683
views
views
3
public domain
no exclusive intellectual property rights apply
50,333
views
views
4
Kobe child murders
Japanese double-murder case
37,918
views
views
5
Title IX
US 1972 congress act
34,373
views
views
6
Marshall Plan
American initiative for foreign aid to Western Europe following World War II
30,352
views
views
7
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
declaration adopted in 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly
30,072
views
views
8
One Big Beautiful Bill Act
2025 United States budget reconciliation law
27,504
views
views
9
Constitution of India
Supreme law of India (1950-present)
24,905
views
views
10
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
U.S. law
20,483
views
views
11
denazification
process by which former civilian and military members of Nazi Germany, under Allied Control Council authority, participated in abandonment of Nazi principles
19,551
views
views
12
Controlled Substances Act
United States anti-drug law
18,908
views
views
13
Civil Code of the French
civil code of 1804
18,557
views
views
14
Civil Rights Act of 1964
landmark U.S. civil rights and labor law
18,356
views
views
15
Didache
1st-century Koine Greek Christian text
17,909
views
views
16
光市母子殺害事件
17,274
views
views
17
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
U.S. federal statute known as Obamacare
16,638
views
views
18
Lend-Lease
United States foreign policy during World War II
15,835
views
views
19
Emancipation Proclamation
executive order issued by president Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863 that freed southern slaves
15,493
views
views
20
Wakayama poison curry case
Mass murder in Wakayama, Japan in July 1998
14,861
views
views
21
Sarbanes–Oxley Act
United States law covering finance and accountability
14,699
views
views
22
Halakha
Jewish rabbinical law
14,600
views
views
23
Nagoya Avec Murder
1988 murder and rape case in Nagoya, Japan
14,524
views
views
24
No Child Left Behind Act
2002 United States education reform law; repealed 2015
14,153
views
views
25
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
copyright law in the United States of America
13,732
views
views
26
sexuality in Islam
laws of sexuality in Islam
13,662
views
views
27
Epstein Files Transparency Act
2025 legislation in the United States
13,461
views
views
28
Outer Space Treaty
treaty that forms the basis of international space law
13,415
views
views
29
document
form for preservation of structured and identified information
13,131
views
views
30
Salic law
major body of Frankish law governing all the Franks of Frankia under the rule of its kings during the Old Frankish Period
12,532
views
views
31
condominium
A condominium unit is legally owned by an entity which shares common elements with other owners in a real estate complex
12,192
views
views
32
same-sex marriage in the United States
marriage between members of the same gender within the United States of America
11,783
views
views
33
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
international maritime law
11,538
views
views
34
Mann Act
1910 Act of the United States Congress
11,051
views
views
35
鈴木宗男事件
11,035
views
views
36
Voting Rights Act of 1965
piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting
10,974
views
views
37
National Popular Vote Interstate Compact
not yet active agreement between some states of the United States of America to allocate their presidential electors to the winner of the national popular vote
10,953
views
views
38
Patriot Act
2001 United States anti-terrorism law
10,883
views
views
39
sodomy laws in the United States
laws in the united states regarding sodomy before 2003
10,678
views
views
40
Ichikawa Family Murder Case
Robbery-murder case in Chiba Prefecture, Japan in March 1992
10,488
views
views
41
Hanafism
one of the four major schools of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence
10,439
views
views
42
Nagayama Criteria
9,966
views
views
43
Corpus Juris Civilis
collection of fundamental works in jurisprudence as codified by Justinian
9,921
views
views
44
penal transportation
relocation of convicted criminals to a distant place
9,898
views
views
45
Genocide Convention
1948 United Nations resolution which legally defined genocide
9,838
views
views
46
stand-your-ground law
legal principle permitting use of force against aggressors without obligation to retreat
9,680
views
views
47
Sayama Incident
1963 murder
9,460
views
views
48
Amoris laetitia
2015 apostolic exhortation of Pope Francis
9,451
views
views
49
Hatch Act of 1939
United States law
8,994
views
views
50
massacre at Huế
massacre in Vietnam War
8,956
views
views
51
treaty
express agreement between nations under international law
8,938
views
views
52
奈良小1女児殺害事件
8,764
views
views
53
unfriendly countries list
list of countries viewed as enemies by Russia
8,710
views
views
54
visa policy in the European Union
overview of the visa policy in the European Union
8,544
views
views
55
Chinese Exclusion Act
act of US Congress in 1882 that prohibited all immigration of Chinese laborers
8,533
views
views
56
Insurrection Act
United States law
8,419
views
views
57
Onion Futures Act
1958 United States law
8,399
views
views
58
Russian foreign agent law
2012 Russian law
8,323
views
views
59
Ramsar Convention
international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands
8,314
views
views
60
Convention on the Rights of the Child
international treaty about the rights of children
8,282
views
views
61
uniform civil code of India
proposition for uniform codified personal law in India that is not respect to religion
8,254
views
views
62
G.I. Bill
United States law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans
8,229
views
views
63
Indian Removal Act
law signed on May 28, 1830 by President Andrew Jackson
8,209
views
views
64
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Laken Riley Act
United States law signed in 2025
8,193
views
views
65
Nakagin Capsule Tower
former building in Tokyo, Japan (1970-2022)
8,175
views
views
66
American Service-Members' Protection Act
United States federal law enacted 2 August 2002
7,937
views
views
67
Begich Towers
a building in the small city of Whittier, Alaska, USA
7,916
views
views
68
Shafi'i
school of Islamic jurisprudence
7,802
views
views
69
Homestead Acts
United States federal laws (1860s-1930s) granting ownership of land
7,786
views
views
70
Immigration Act of 1924
1924 United States anti-immigration law
7,585
views
views
71
Sherman Antitrust Act
1890 U.S. anti-monopoly law
7,567
views
views
72
Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act
1930 U.S. trade law placing and raising tariffs on tens of thousands of imports
7,500
views
views
73
Kansas–Nebraska Act
1854 United States legislation promoted by Stephen A. Douglas which repealed the Missouri Compromise line and disrupted the Compromise of 1850
7,444
views
views
74
Respect for Marriage Act
act of the United States Congress to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act
7,349
views
views
75
沼津ストーカー殺人事件
7,261
views
views
76
Alien and Sedition Acts
series of Acts of Congress
7,213
views
views
77
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
international treaty
7,121
views
views
78
Malikism
one of four major schools of madhhab of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam
6,989
views
views
79
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
United States federal law concerning health information
6,712
views
views
80
Code of Ur-Nammu
oldest surviving law code
6,706
views
views
81
Megan's Law
Law
6,686
views
views
82
law of Moses
the Torah or the first five books of the Hebrew Bible
6,682
views
views
83
Superfund
Act of Congress in the United States; authorized U.S. EPA program to address abandoned hazardous waste sites
6,672
views
views
84
Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019
Act of the Parliament of India
6,610
views
views
85
Reichstag Fire Decree
1933 decree in Nazi Germany that abolished key civil liberties for citizens
6,578
views
views
86
Ōmuta murders
gang killings in Japan
6,467
views
views
87
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Act of the United States Congress
6,362
views
views
88
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
American law
6,346
views
views
89
CLOUD Act
United States federal data privacy and government surveillance law
6,327
views
views
90
Magnitsky Act
bill passed by the U.S. Congress intending to punish Russian officials responsible for the death of Sergei Magnitsky
6,258
views
views
91
visa policy of the People's Republic of China
policy which denotes whether a citizen of a country requires a visa to enter the mainland of China (PRC)
6,157
views
views
92
1975 Icelandic women's strike
women's strike in Iceland on 24 October 1975
6,146
views
views
93
Feindstrafrecht
6,103
views
views
94
La Santé Prison
prison in France
6,100
views
views
95
Fair Credit Reporting Act
U.S. federal legislation regulating use of private information by credit rating agencies
6,029
views
views
96
CHIPS and Science Act
United States legislation promoting the semiconductor industry and public basic research
6,007
views
views
97
Imperial House Act
Japanese statute
5,919
views
views