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(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
abortion: g80 5/22 10; w78 9/1 13
U.S. Supreme Court: w83 12/1 28
accident-prevention laws: g77 11/22 17
adoption: g78 11/22 4
against calling at homes without an invitation: g71 12/22 9-13; g56 8/22 17-21; g52 8/8 3-4
antidivorce: w60 724
assault and battery: g64 9/8 24-25
avoiding court cases: g79 3/8 10-12
bail: g65 2/8 10
bankruptcy: w68 223-224
Bible laws in U.S. Constitution: g81 1/22 16-18
bill of attainder: g43 6/9 14
Burger’s (Warren) comment on America’s legal system: g84 5/22 29-30
capital punishment: g77 7/22 5-8; g72 1/8 6, 15-16; g72 4/22 31; g65 12/22 30-31
cases involving Society: g74 9/8 15-16
cases regarding building of Assembly Hall: g77 6/22 5-10
childbearing:
problems of laboratory embryos, surrogate motherhood: g85 8/8 24
Christian system of things: ad 1037, 1047; w70 401-409
Christian view of: w82 7/15 20-21
Christian view of courts: w73 703
civil law: g70 8/22 20-21; w49 107; g30 10/1 10
civil rights: w70 373; g65 8/22 31; g65 10/8 30; g64 8/8 29; g64 8/22 31; g63 12/22 4
Code of Hammurabi: g81 1/22 20; w80 10/1 7; w75 115; ad 397, 452; g69 8/8 14; w62 246, 694; w61 73-74; w58 431; w55 702; g55 11/8 24; w52 434; w48 150
superiority of Mosaic Law: g81 1/22 20; w80 10/1 8-9; g78 7/22 13; w77 230; w61 73-74; g61 7/8 15
common law: g70 8/22 20-22
compulsory arbitration bill: g63 10/22 29
conscience:
‘law written in the heart’ (Ro 2:14, 15): g79 1/8 13-15; w75 114; w73 30; w73 36-37; w72 556-559, 588
contrast between Mosaic Law and U.S. law: g81 1/22 19
covenant with Israel at Moab: ad 388
criminal law: w50 149; g30 10/1 10
comparison of effects on criminal and victim: g85 8/8 6
declaring person dead: w69 447-448
defiance of law: g84 12/22 30; w72 261-264; g71 2/22 16-18; w70 364, 366-369; g70 7/8 7; g68 5/22 29; g68 10/22 3-7; g66 12/22 12, 30; g65 10/8 29-30; g65 11/8 13-16; g64 8/22 13-16; g61 9/22 29
definition: w73 189; w72 563; ad 1035; km 9/67 5; w59 493; w58 109; w54 180; w52 368; w34 123; w32 122, 170
discrimination against women: g72 5/22 6
discussion: g81 1/22 16-19; ad 1035-1045; w58 109-112; w52 368-373
divorce: w78 5/15 28-29; w77 179-185
“no-fault” laws: g77 12/8 5
dormant bank accounts: g76 9/8 29
drunk drivers:
penalties in various countries: g85 5/22 31
Edenic: w85 6/1 5; uw 38-39; w80 6/1 29; w58 109-110; w54 244-245; w48 149-150
enforcement of God’s: ad 1045; w70 364-365, 404, 540
espionage: w59 507; jp 79; yw 182; w55 238; g39 8/23 5; g30 12/10 168
exception to obedience to Caesar’s: g78 6/22 28
ex post facto: w47 22; tf 77; g43 6/9 14
field ministry: km 8/71 3-4; yb64 85; yb63 68; yb62 74; g56 8/22 17-21; g52 8/8 3-4
flag salute: w77 572; g63 8/8 19; g61 5/8 30; g61 6/22 30; g61 12/22 30; g43 2/3 3; g43 5/12 22; g42 10/14 6; w38 252; g36 5/6 491-492
Illinois: w80 2/15 30
freedom and benefits under God’s: gc 12; ad 608; w70 370-371; g70 2/22 7-8; g70 6/22 27-28
“Good Samaritan” laws: g84 3/8 31
Green River Ordinance: yb64 85; yb63 68; yb62 74; g56 8/22 17-21; g52 8/8 3-4
guilty until proved innocent: g65 3/22 30
gun control: g72 7/22 29
‘handling Law lawfully’ (1Ti 1:8): g78 6/22 27-28
human nature: w56 431-434; w52 405-406
illegitimacy: ad 812-813; g64 12/8 29
immigration: g65 12/8 16-18
inaction punishable: g64 8/22 29
incest: w75 74-76
inheritance: w60 483-484; w59 592, 678; w58 68-69
international: g30 10/1 10
Islamic: g79 7/8 6-8
Jehovah’s: w84 6/15 14-19
evidence of Lawgiver: g78 6/22 20
“in the final part of the days” (Isa 2:2): w85 7/1 21-23
Matthew 12:1-8 no support for breaking God’s law to save life: w82 7/15 30-31
need for: w85 11/1 5-7
priority of: tr 159-162; hp 161-167; ad 1239-1241; g69 5/22 27-28; g68 10/22 7; w66 583-584
regarding blood: bq 5-20; g74 5/22 20; ad 234-235; w67 716-718, 721; g67 5/22 13-15; li 326-335; w61 553-555; bd 4-7, 39
superior: tr 159-161; w75 115-117; w74 40; w72 36; g69 5/22 27-28; yl 38; g67 5/22 15; w66 583-584, 724; g63 8/8 17-18; w61 118; g61 8/8 4; w59 500-501; w52 369-370; w43 195; w34 355
universal: kc 31-33; lp 98-107
upon heart: w57 80-92; nh 182; w34 122; jh 186-187
value of: w85 11/1 6-7
von Braun’s (Wernher) comment on: w76 360
‘judging law’ (Jas 4:11): cj 162-166
judicial decisions: w73 189-190; ad 983
jury duty: g78 12/8 27-28; w73 190-191
Kepler’s, of planetary motion: g78 6/22 17-20
“kingly law” (Jas 2:8): cj 68-70
law and order: g72 10/22 5; g70 8/8 5-8; g69 10/8 3-29
Law covenant: g81 1/22 18-19; lp 143-156; w74 204-205; w72 127, 287-288; g72 1/8 6, 14-16; w71 416; ad 388, 851, 1036-1045, 1287, 1339-1341, 1539, 1618-1619, 1655, 1664-1665, 1678-1679; w70 372-380, 402; g69 3/8 27-28; g69 6/22 27-28; w68 46-47; w67 494; li 86; ms 314-318; g65 2/8 11; w63 206-207; w61 735; g61 9/8 27-28; w60 457-459; w58 110; w56 146; w54 249-251; w53 724; w52 149-152, 408; w45 323-333
Christians not under: g78 6/22 28
crime and compensation: g72 1/8 14-16
criminal laws: g79 7/8 8-12
“eye for eye” (De 19:16-21): g77 6/8 27-28
food: w78 7/1 31
harm to a pregnant woman: w77 478-480
inheritance: ad 830-831
Jesus fulfilled: w78 4/1 29; w78 7/1 5
Jubilee law: ad 971; w67 479-480; li 18-23; w65 704; w51 453-456, 461
make a fence around the Law (quote): w80 5/1 6
Passover: ad 1273
retaliation: ad 396; w61 734-735; w53 462; w51 74
sanctions: ad 395-398, 1295-1296; w61 734-735; w52 372; w32 121-123
Ten Commandments: ad 1588-1590; g70 7/22 27-28; w69 479-480; g69 3/8 27-28; g68 8/22 5-8; w64 458-459; bf 71; w61 281-284, 678-680; g61 9/8 28; g60 11/22 27-28; w58 109-110; w57 751; g57 12/8 28; g55 5/8 19; w52 152; w45 326-328
testifies to God’s glory: w79 3/15 6-7
tithe: ad 1605
to gain merit: w80 5/1 3, 5-8
uncleanness: pm 108-110; ad 356-358; w68 735-736
vows: ad 1641
“law of a free people” (Jas 2:12): cj 73-75
“law of my mind” (Ro 7:23): w73 511; w71 432-433; w65 713; w59 678; w58 111; w51 624-625
law of the Kingdom: w78 1/15 18-20
lawyers: g79 3/8 3-13; g70 6/8 30
barristers: g79 3/8 8
being one’s own: g79 3/8 9-10
solicitors: g79 3/8 8
legal clinics: g79 3/8 9
lese majesty: w60 457-458, 668; w59 341, 756; yw 134, 253-254; w54 250
loitering law: g61 11/8 30
marriage: w77 177-185
Medes’ laws unchangeable: ad 1294; sr55 256; w53 432; pr32 41, 148-150; w31 164-165, 228
Medicare: g65 10/22 17-20
moral laws: lp 102-103
Ninth Conference of the Law of the World (Madrid 1979): w80 2/15 30
obedience: tr 157-160; ad 1239-1241; te 135-138; w70 499; g69 5/22 26-27; yb68 80; g68 7/22 13; g68 10/22 6
unqualified: g61 8/8 3-4
parents’ rights: g85 11/8 25; g84 7/8 6-13, 18
overruled: g67 5/22 4-11; bd 51-55
passive resistance: g61 8/22 9-12
patients’ rights: g85 9/8 9-13; g74 5/22 19-20; g68 7/8 13-14; g64 9/8 24-25
patriarchal: ad 1035-1036; g64 11/8 27; w58 110; w52 436-443
peace through: w74 40
physical: ce 123-125; w72 35, 264-265; g72 10/22 4-9; w71 554-555; ad 1035, 1045; g71 8/8 4-5; w70 364-365; g70 2/22 7; g69 8/22 6; ns 292; w60 447; g60 11/22 21; g57 9/22 3-4; w56 230-231, 431-432; g56 5/8 12-16; nh 17; hs34 13
police enforcement: g69 10/8 5; g64 8/22 13; g62 2/22 9-10; g61 4/8 9-12
probability: g75 3/22 20-23
purpose: w56 428-429; w52 369; w45 316-317
religious laws: g79 7/8 5-6
responsibility for one’s dog: g65 10/22 23
right-to-work laws: g59 2/22 9-12
Roman law: w77 178; g70 8/22 20-23
seat-belt laws:
relative effectiveness: g85 2/8 30; g85 7/8 6
sentencing a person twice for the same violation: g78 1/22 9-12
sex education: g72 1/22 3-9
sin’s law: ad 1037, 1506-1507; w65 713-714; w58 111; w51 624-625
speed limits:
survey by country as to response to: g79 9/8 31
Sunday laws: g63 2/8 30; g63 9/22 16-19; w61 536, 677; g61 7/22 31; g57 3/22 3-4; w51 25; w39 252; g32 5/11 507-511
“through law I died toward law” (Ga 2:19): w79 7/15 31
traffic: w64 669; w63 510-511
United States: g74 9/8 30; g70 8/8 5-8; g65 6/8 10-12; jp 176-178; g57 7/8 9-12; w55 425-426; lg 241; g52 11/8 8-12; g46 2/13 18-22; g46 7/3 3-10; g43 12/8 14
wills: g71 12/22 14-16
Witnesses’ contributions: g81 2/8 29; g80 2/8 25-28; yb75 172-173, 178-180, 208; g74 9/22 30; g74 12/8 22-25; g71 9/8 15; g66 9/22 21-23; g65 6/8 12; g64 6/8 12-15; yb63 249-250; g63 8/8 15; g63 12/22 16-19; g62 7/22 22-23; g61 2/8 10-12; g60 8/8 26; jp 211; w58 172; w55 425-426; qm55 327; g47 7/22 7; g44 8/2 3; g44 11/8 13; g44 12/6 31; g43 2/3 9-10; g43 6/9 9-12; g42 4/15 18-21; g40 8/7 3; g40 9/18 4
commendation of Witnesses for obeying: g80 8/8 22
Witness lawyers: yb75 178
World Law Conference:
discussion of mercy killing: g78 3/8 4-7
zoning laws: yb63 68-69
Quotations
can be reduced to Mosaic principles: g59 6/22 7; g56 1/22 5
Christian conscience above human laws: g58 8/22 12
God’s, binding everywhere at all times: w66 583, 724; g63 8/8 17; w59 501; w40 377
God’s, superior to any other: w59 501
human laws derive force from God’s law: g72 10/22 10; w66 584, 724; g63 8/8 17-18; w40 377
human laws invalid, if contrary to God’s: w66 583-584, 724; g63 8/8 17; g56 1/22 4; gt41 15; w40 377; g40 1/10 4
laws of universe must have been set by somebody: w76 360
legal is not necessarily synonymous with good: g80 5/22 20
no human law should contradict divine law: g63 8/8 18; w41 55
once public corrupt, written laws vain: g69 10/8 17