List of laws
This is a list of "laws" applied to various disciplines. These are often adages or predictions with the appellation 'Law', although they do not apply in the legal sense, cannot be scientifically tested, or are intended only as rough descriptions (rather than applying in each case). These 'laws' are sometimes called rules of thumb.
See List of legal topics for 'laws' in the legal sense.
See List of scientific laws for falsifiable laws that are said to apply universally and literally.
Astronomy and cosmology laws
Computer science laws
- Amdahl's law (maximum possible speed-up to a parallel program when adding more computing power)
- Bell's law of computer classes (corollary to Moore's law for computer class formation)
- Brooks's law
- Godwin's law (Prediction of internet debating patterns)
- Hick's law
- Linus's Law (software development)
- Metcalfe's law
- Moore's law (hardware development)
- Reed's law
Economic laws
- Laws of supply and demand
- Gresham's law
- Say's law
- Law of diminishing marginal utility
- Ricardo's Law
- Okun's law
Linguistic laws
- Grimm's law – regarding sound changes
Mathematical laws
Science fiction author's laws
- Clarke's three laws
- Sturgeon's law
- Three Laws of Robotics (Isaac Asimov's fictional set of laws)