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Law is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed.

This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on March 5, 2007.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
February 16, 2007	Featured article candidate	Promoted
October 16, 2008	Featured article review	Kept
December 3, 2011	Featured article review	Demoted

Current status: Former featured article

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Section sizes

Section size for Law (39 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	12,167	12,167	290	290
Etymology	291	291	25	25
Philosophy of law	1,140	10,118	23	853
Analytical jurisprudence	3,494	3,494	288	288
Connection to morality and justice	5,484	5,484	542	542
History	9,883	9,883	820	820
Legal systems	2,780	21,785	135	1,713
Civil law	4,685	4,685	397	397
Common law and equity	5,314	5,314	514	514
Religious law	1,859	8,103	200	612
Canon law	4,554	4,554	237	237
Sharia law	1,690	1,690	175	175
Socialist law	903	903	55	55
Legal methods	2,496	2,496	201	201
Legal institutions	3,089	21,545	200	1,952
Judiciary	90	90	0	0
Legislature	2,424	2,424	294	294
Executive	2,370	2,370	280	280
Law enforcement	2,526	2,526	155	155
Bureaucracy	2,887	2,887	267	267
Legal profession	4,426	4,426	441	441
Civil society	3,733	3,733	315	315
Areas of law	1,573	20,255	103	1,896
International law	333	333	0	0
Constitutional and administrative law	2,945	2,945	301	301
Criminal law	4,557	4,557	405	405
Contract law	2,924	2,924	300	300
Torts and delicts	4,054	4,054	345	345
Property law	2,774	2,774	304	304
Trusts	1,095	1,095	138	138
Intersection with other fields	37	4,784	0	544
Economics	1,766	1,766	188	188
Sociology	2,981	2,981	356	356
See also	410	410	0	0
Notes	26	26	0	0
References	30	30	0	0
Bibliography	32,648	32,648	0	0
Further reading	1,364	1,364	0	0
External links	1,426	1,426	0	0
Total	139,228	139,228	8,294	8,294

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