public law
noun
1
: a legislative enactment affecting the public at large
2
: a branch of law concerned with regulating the relations of individuals with the government and the organization and conduct of the government itself compare private law
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Stephen Woolpert is professor emeritus of public law and former dean of the School of Liberal Arts at Saint Mary’s College of California.
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Stephen Woolpert, The Mercury News, 3 Oct. 2024
The project enhances community space by adding a new public law library, ground-floor retail spaces and a parking garage.
—Jane Tyska, The Mercury News, 10 July 2024
He’s been implicated in covert endeavors like trying to transform a broke liberal arts college into a capitalist incubator and rename a public law school after one of the Supreme Court’s staunchest right-wingers.
—Nina Burleigh, The New Republic, 16 May 2023
Under her leadership, the college rose from #24 to #6 among public law schools, according to the U.S. News law school rankings.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
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Stephen Woolpert, The Mercury News, 3 Oct. 2024
The project enhances community space by adding a new public law library, ground-floor retail spaces and a parking garage.
—Jane Tyska, The Mercury News, 10 July 2024
He’s been implicated in covert endeavors like trying to transform a broke liberal arts college into a capitalist incubator and rename a public law school after one of the Supreme Court’s staunchest right-wingers.
—Nina Burleigh, The New Republic, 16 May 2023
Under her leadership, the college rose from #24 to #6 among public law schools, according to the U.S. News law school rankings.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
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“Public law.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20law. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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