What's the difference between a 'law' and a 'rule'?

Question

For example, what would these be considered?

1. No school on labour day.
2. Walking through "No Tresspassing" sign
3. Only using washrooms faciliated for women
4. Suspended from school because you skip class
5. Smoking prhibited on school grounds

So what IS the difference between a law and a rule? Thanks.

Answer 1

1. rule
2. law
3. rule
4. rule
5. rule

A law is a rule canonized by an national, state or local elected body. A rule can be put in place by these bodies as well, but a rule can be changed as a matter of policy. A law can only be changed with another law.

Answer 2

rules r made to be broken laws r not!
1- no school on labor day is basically a rule
2- no trespassing is a law
3- wash rooms for men or for women basically a rule (i have used a mens room before when the ladies room was down )as long as it's one person facility
4- skipping class is a tricky one to answer, the law states u have to attend so many hours of school in order to complete a grade,also truancy is illegal so u could get your parents a fine if you get caught...it kind of depends on how u r looking at it....but most ways u look it's going to be a law because it can land you in trouble with the law....it is not a law that u get suspended just that some kind of action be taken against you for skipping
5- there is no smoking on school grounds it is a law even if your old enough to smoke..like when i smoked i couldn't even smoke at my sons foot ball games because it was on school grounds( i did it any way though)
.....the first link is a definition of a rule the second is the definition of a law

Answer 3

A law is an act passed by a legislative body and is enforceable by law enforcement entities. Has proscribed punishments for non compliance.
A rule can be considered as more of a guideline, non compliance may be punishable and perhaps a civil action may be warrented but it is not enforceable by law enforcement entities.
Incidentally, typically there is not law for number three, just common courtesy and sense.
4 would be a rule, 5 would be a rule or law depending on the jurisdiction.

Answer 4

A law is legislated by a governmet body. No. 1 is a law, the government decreed that Labor Day is a holiday. No. 2 is also a law -- there are laws against trespassing. Numbers 3, 4, and 5 most likely weren't legislated by a governing body, so they aren't laws, they are rules.

Answer 5

A law is a rule that is enforced by the government.

Many groups or organizations or institutions can have rules. But they enforce them under their own internal authority.

Any of the above could be laws. It all depends on whether the government is enforcing them or whether it's somebody else.

Answer 6

laws are passed through legislation of the government. rules are made by private parties or set as guidelines.

1. law
2. law (but depends on the actions)
3. rule (there also exists unisex washrooms)
4. rule
5. law (i think this is a legislated law)

Answer 7

rules are legally binding regulations. yet maximum regulations are basically conventional issues that are no longer component to regulation. So, a parent says you could no longer watch television on Monday nights. this is a rule, no longer a regulation. Or a tennis club has a rule you should placed on white soled footwear. Its no longer legally binding, yet they might ask you to circulate away in case you do no longer comply. Or a cafe has a rule you should be donning a in good shape to income front.

Answer 8

Rules are made to be broken. Breaking a rule is not illegal as there is no legal statute to enforce it.

Laws are made to be obeyed or one finds themselves in varying degrees of deep dodo, depending on the offense.

Darryl S.

Answer 9

A law is a rule

Answer 10

A law is something that the government imposed, and a rule is something a much lower person in power (in your case the principal) imposes.