Collocations of Law

break the law (=do something illegal)obey the lawbecome law (=officially be made a law)enforce the law (=make people obey the law)by law (=according to the law)be against the law (=be illegal)within the law (=legal or legally)tax/copyright/divorce etc law (=all the laws about tax etc)criminal lawcivil lawinternational lawfederal law American English (=the law of the US, not of a particular state)

•  Should people do what they think is right even when it means breaking the law?
•  Elected officials ought to obey the law.
• The Suicide Act became law in 1961.
• By law, seatbelts must be worn by all passengers.
• In Sweden it is against the law to hit a child.
• They were fully convinced they were performing their duties within the law.
• an interesting area of criminal law
• the principles of international law
• Federal law protects workers who are disabled.