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against pollution from light (Czech Republic): g03 1/22 28
ancient laws permitting wife beating: g88 11/22 7
angels subject to: it-2 211
assisted suicide legal (Netherlands): g01 8/8 29
basis for human law: it-2 222-224
Bible laws: si 41
conscience: it-2 223-224, 474-475
Bible times:
Assyria: it-1 202
Babylon: dp 20-22
Egypt: it-1 692-693
Medo-Persia: it-2 612-613; dp 20-22, 118
Noah subject to: it-2 212
patriarchal society: it-1 549; it-2 212-213, 222-223; w92 7/1 10-11
Roman Empire: w16.09 14-16; w15 2/15 22-23; w99 8/15 21-22
Bible usage: nwt 1702; w11 11/15 12
blood transfusions: hb 28-29
answering questions by judges or doctors: km 9/92 5-6; km 11/90 6
children: kr 162-164; km 9/92 4-6; yb91 59; hb 28-29
choice of treatment without: hb 17-22
durable power of attorney (DPA) card (medical directive): w18.11 26-27; lvs 248; w14 3/15 27; km 11/07 3; km 12/04 7; yb02 16-17; g91 3/8 4; hb 18; km 11/90 3-4
hospital admission forms: km 11/90 4-5
Identity Card (for children): mwb23.01 7; km 12/04 7; km 1/95 7; km 11/90 3
legal issues: w86 4/15 26-27
patients’ rights: yb12 38-39; w04 5/1 26-27; hb 30-31; km 11/90 4-5
patients to be informed of dangers: g90 6/8 28
refusal for children not child neglect: hb 21-22
relieving doctors of liability for not using: hb 18; yb88 30; w86 4/15 27
when a parent’s life is at risk: yb91 58-59; hb 31
Byzantine Empire: g01 10/8 13-14
Code of Hammurabi: it-1 551
discovery: it-1 703; g89 2/22 18
interest on loans: it-1 1212
law on stealing: re 13
Mosaic Law not based on: it-1 551; g89 2/22 18
Mosaic Law superior: w87 11/1 11-13
purpose stated: w90 11/1 19
wife beating permitted: g88 11/22 7
comments by Sir William Blackstone: it-2 140, 224; w96 5/1 15; gm 8
conscience: it-2 220-221, 965-966; w05 10/1 12
reflected in laws: it-2 223-224
trained by laws: w18.06 17-18
copyright laws: w01 2/15 28-29; w01 4/15 29; km 9/95 6
‘defending and legally establishing the good news’ (Php 1:7): w25.07 29-30; mwb23.07 3; lff lesson 21; it-1 273; it-2 630; w16.09 14-16; w15 2/15 22-23, 27-28; w99 8/15 21-22
discussion: it-2 211-222
disrespect for: g 5/08 30
divorce: w88 5/15 3-4
experiences:
Bethel family member attends law school: w25.07 29
violent law student: w15 11/1 10-11
France:
antisect bill (2000): yb01 23
Greek word: it-2 211
guarantees (warranties): g90 6/8 26-27
Hebrew words: it-2 211; w02 4/15 14
insurance lawsuits: g88 5/22 12-13
“deep pockets” theory: g88 5/22 11
Jehovah’s law: cl 128-129; it-2 222; w02 4/15 13-18; w96 9/1 8-11, 14; pe 130
based on love: lvs 94-96; lv 79-81; w05 8/15 26-29
before the Law covenant: it-2 222-223; w96 9/1 8-9
benefits: mwb21.05 10; w14 5/15 28-29; w11 11/1 16-17
Christian congregation: it-2 224-225; w05 8/15 25-29; w96 9/1 14-24
consulting (Ezr 7:10): w02 7/1 21
delighting in: w04 7/15 10-15
‘doing by nature’ (Ro 2:14): it-2 965-966; w07 10/15 20-21
faith in: lv 196-199
freedom and benefits under: it-2 971; g90 10/8 7; tp 130
living without (La 2:9): jr 73
love for: w18.06 17; w12 8/15 13-14; w06 6/15 20; w02 4/15 13; w01 3/15 16-17
magnified by sentence against Adam: w89 8/1 24-26
patriarchal times: it-1 549
sacredness: w88 6/15 13
‘sign upon hand and frontlet band between eyes’ (De 6:8): it-1 874-875
‘sinning without’ (Ro 2:12): it-2 965
“source of life” (Pr 13:14): w03 9/15 25
superiority: w02 7/1 28-29
supremacy: w05 12/15 20; jv 699
transgression of: it-2 967-968
written on heart (Jer 31:33): jr 173-175, 178-180; w07 3/15 11; w05 8/15 24-29
written on heart (Ro 2:15): it-2 964-966
Jehovah’s Witnesses: bt 186; kr 132-134, 136-167; w98 12/1 19-22; jv 678-701
attitude toward data protection laws: od 160-161
attitude toward secular law: w25.07 29-30; ijwfq article 64; scl 50, 52; bt 131-132, 192; w15 2/15 27-28; pc 28; yb07 69; g05 4/8 27; w98 12/1 18-20, 22; jv 678, 699; w90 11/1 19; pe 130-131; je 29
congregation not required to enforce secular: w86 10/1 31
congregation not required to enforce tax law: w94 11/15 27
contributions to constitutional law: bt 200; w01 5/15 32; w98 12/1 20; g98 4/22 22; g96 7/22 5; jv 690, 698-699; g91 12/8 22, 24; br78 8; g88 6/8 23; g87 10/22 24-27; g86 5/8 26
contributions to medical law: yb96 24
Global Data Protection Policy: od 76, 211
laws requiring participation in nationalistic ceremonies: ijwfq article 64
Legal Department (U.S.): mwb23.07 3; w99 11/15 11; yb97 13; jv 82; yb93 23-24; yb92 14
ministers (Newport Beach, California, Municipal Code): g88 4/22 30
ordinances restricting witness work: jv 683-687, 697-698
Sunday witnessing: jv 82-83, 690-691
Jews (ancient):
oral law: w99 1/15 25-27; w97 11/15 25-28; w96 9/1 11-13
regarding court trials: w11 4/1 20, 22
‘judging law’ (Jas 4:11): it-2 224-225
“kingly law” (Jas 2:8): it-2 222; w06 5/1 29-30
“law of kindness” (Pr 31:26): w22.06 26-28
Magna Carta (13th century): g 2/06 25; g02 12/22 12-14
manual on disaster law (New York State): g 5/12 29
meaning of term: it-2 211
moral (natural) law: w96 5/1 15-16
God’s adherence to: it-2 412
natural (physical) law: it-2 211-212
Bible view: w11 7/1 24-28; g 2/11 22-23; w05 4/1 6-7
evidence of Creator: g 12/09 5-7; sh 336-338
miracles: it-2 411-412; gm 73-74
new covenant: it-2 221; jr 173-175
number of laws:
United States: w96 9/1 9
obedience to secular: scl 50; lvs 54-55; lv 44; re 282; w90 11/1 19; g90 8/8 6; w86 7/1 6; tp 131-136
“of faith” (Ro 3:27): it-2 221
‘of husband’ (Ro 7:2): it-2 221-222; w07 2/15 18-19
“of my mind” (Ro 7:23): it-2 404-405
“of sin and of death” (Ro 8:2): w11 11/15 12-13
“of the Christ” (Ga 6:2): cl 153-156; w19.05 2-7; it-2 221, 224; w15 3/15 29; jr 174-175; w08 8/15 26; w06 5/1 29-30; w05 8/15 25-29; w99 9/15 22-26; w96 9/1 14-24
out-of-date laws:
São Paulo, Brazil: g87 11/22 30
“perfect law that belongs to freedom” (Jas 1:25): w18.04 3-4; w12 7/15 7-10; w99 5/1 5; w97 11/15 12; w96 9/1 15
privacy: g88 2/22 4
registration of religions: yb16 31; kr 158; yb09 25
relationship to principle: w02 4/15 19, 22; w97 10/15 28-30
“sin’s law” (Ro 7:23, 25): it-2 221, 964-965, 1169
traffic:
drinking and driving: g86 2/22 20; g86 3/8 11-12
traffic fines: g87 4/8 30; g87 11/22 30
when proper: it-2 224
why many laws are good: it-2 474-475
why not to take law into own hands: tp 130-133
women’s rights: g92 7/8 11