legal regulations
Enforceable statutory requirements
Legal regulations are rules established by government bodies that have the force of law.
Unlike statutes passed by legislatures, regulations are typically created by administrative agencies to implement and enforce broader laws: The FDA issued new legal regulations on food labeling.
The phrase is somewhat redundant, since regulations are by definition legally binding, but it emphasizes their enforceable nature.
- licensingGranting official permission
- rulemakingAgency regulation creation process
- adjudicationFormal decision on disputes
- agencyPower to act
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
penalty · prosecution · felony · crime · liability · promulgation · informed consent · consumer protection · enforcement · court order · due process · compliance · oversight · administrative law · incorporation · separation of powers · codification · permits
- Product Safetyproduct recall, safety standards, warning labels, choking hazard, safety recalls
legal regulationssuggestions
Proposed ideas or advice
recommendations · guidelines · best practices · advice · moral suasion
legal regulationslawlessness
Absence of governing rules
anarchy · chaos · deregulation · free-for-all · disorder