Laws
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Laws is one of Plato’s late philosophical dialogues, presenting a detailed exploration of legal theory, political organization, and the ideal constitution for a well-ordered city.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Laws canonical | 17 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T281246 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laws Context triple: [Plato, notableWork, Laws]
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Law and Justice
Law and Justice is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Poland that has been one of the country’s dominant governing forces in the 21st century.
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United States law
United States law is the complex federal and state legal system that governs the United States, encompassing the Constitution, statutes, regulations, and judicial decisions that structure government powers and protect individual rights.
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Legal Section
The Legal Section was a key unit within the Allied occupation administration in Japan responsible for legal oversight, reforms, and the prosecution of war crimes after World War II.
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Enforcement Acts
The Enforcement Acts were a series of U.S. federal laws passed during Reconstruction to protect African Americans’ civil and voting rights and to combat violence and intimidation by groups like the Ku Klux Klan.
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E.
The Law Reports Statutes
The Law Reports Statutes is a legal publication that provides the authoritative, systematically organized text of UK Acts of Parliament for use by lawyers, judges, and legal researchers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laws Target entity description: Laws is one of Plato’s late philosophical dialogues, presenting a detailed exploration of legal theory, political organization, and the ideal constitution for a well-ordered city.
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A.
Law and Justice
Law and Justice is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Poland that has been one of the country’s dominant governing forces in the 21st century.
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B.
United States law
United States law is the complex federal and state legal system that governs the United States, encompassing the Constitution, statutes, regulations, and judicial decisions that structure government powers and protect individual rights.
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C.
Legal Section
The Legal Section was a key unit within the Allied occupation administration in Japan responsible for legal oversight, reforms, and the prosecution of war crimes after World War II.
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D.
Enforcement Acts
The Enforcement Acts were a series of U.S. federal laws passed during Reconstruction to protect African Americans’ civil and voting rights and to combat violence and intimidation by groups like the Ku Klux Klan.
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E.
The Law Reports Statutes
The Law Reports Statutes is a legal publication that provides the authoritative, systematically organized text of UK Acts of Parliament for use by lawyers, judges, and legal researchers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek text
ⓘ
philosophical dialogue ⓘ work by Plato ⓘ |
| author | Plato ⓘ |
| comparedWith |
The Republic
ⓘ
linked to:
Plato's Republic
|
| concerns | foundation of a new colony ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| describes | constitution of the city of Magnesia ⓘ |
| dialogueForm | dialogue without Socrates ⓘ |
| differsFrom | The Republic by being more practical and legalistic ⓘ |
| discusses |
civic virtue
ⓘ
drinking parties and regulation of wine ⓘ education as preparation for obedience to law ⓘ marriage and family law ⓘ penalties and punishments ⓘ property regulation ⓘ relation between law and reason ⓘ religious festivals and cult ⓘ role of lawgivers ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Clinias of Crete
ⓘ
Megillus of Sparta ⓘ the Athenian Stranger ⓘ |
| genre |
legal theory
ⓘ
philosophical dialogue ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| influenced |
Hellenistic political theory
ⓘ
Roman political and legal philosophy ⓘ early modern natural law theorists ⓘ later Greek political thought ⓘ medieval political theory ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
civil law
ⓘ
constitution of the state ⓘ criminal law ⓘ education in the city-state ⓘ law ⓘ legislation ⓘ political organization ⓘ religion and piety in the city ⓘ the rule of law ⓘ virtue and moral formation ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Νόμοι ⓘ |
| philosophicalPeriod | late Plato ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin |
Ancient Greece
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linked to:
Greek Antiquity
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| positionInPlatosWorks | one of Plato’s last dialogues ⓘ |
| proposes | mixed constitution ⓘ |
| setting | journey from Knossos to the cave of Zeus on Crete ⓘ |
| structure | 12 books ⓘ |
| survivesAs | complete dialogue ⓘ |
| title | Laws ⓘ |
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Referenced by (17)
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subject linked to:
late Plato
subject linked to:
late Plato
subject linked to:
the Athenian Stranger
subject linked to:
the Athenian Stranger