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Regulation deals with the provision of public services and utilities. Especially since privatisation became popular and took management of services away from public Law News, private companies doing the jobs previously controlled by government have been bound by varying degrees of social responsibility. Energy, gas, telecomms and water are regulated industries in most OECD countries. These rules enable the translation of the will of the people into functioning democracies.
For a description of the legal aspects of war and the military, see war, law of. For a discussion of legal philosophy, see law, philosophy of. For international aspects of law, see international law; and United Nations. Public law concerns government and society, including constitutional law, administrative law, and criminal law. Private law deals with legal disputes between individuals and/or organisations in areas such as contracts, property, torts/delicts and commercial law.
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