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1,130,274
Total Views (all time)
Country
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1
Code of Hammurabi
Babylonian code of law or conduct
60,683
views
views
2
sharia
Islamic law
51,006
views
views
3
public domain
no exclusive intellectual property rights apply
38,138
views
views
4
Title IX
US 1972 congress act
30,803
views
views
5
Marshall Plan
American initiative for foreign aid to Western Europe following World War II
30,352
views
views
6
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
declaration adopted in 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly
30,072
views
views
7
One Big Beautiful Bill Act
2025 United States budget reconciliation law
27,504
views
views
8
Constitution of India
Supreme law of India (1950-present)
24,905
views
views
9
Geneva Conventions
the standards of international law for humanitarian treatment in war
24,192
views
views
10
Kobe child murders
Japanese double-murder case
23,754
views
views
11
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
1868 amendment addressing citizenship rights, civil and political liberties
21,054
views
views
12
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
U.S. law
20,483
views
views
13
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
U.S. federal statute known as Obamacare
16,638
views
views
14
Lend-Lease
United States foreign policy during World War II
15,835
views
views
15
Emancipation Proclamation
executive order issued by president Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863 that freed southern slaves
15,493
views
views
16
denazification
process by which former civilian and military members of Nazi Germany, under Allied Control Council authority, participated in abandonment of Nazi principles
14,674
views
views
17
Halakha
Jewish rabbinical law
14,600
views
views
18
Controlled Substances Act
United States anti-drug law
14,246
views
views
19
Articles of Confederation
first constitution of the United States (1781–1789)
13,779
views
views
20
Didache
1st-century Koine Greek Christian text
13,507
views
views
21
Civil Code of the French
civil code of 1804
13,290
views
views
22
document
form for preservation of structured and identified information
13,131
views
views
23
Civil Rights Act of 1964
landmark U.S. civil rights and labor law
12,846
views
views
24
Salic law
major body of Frankish law governing all the Franks of Frankia under the rule of its kings during the Old Frankish Period
12,532
views
views
25
Outer Space Treaty
treaty that forms the basis of international space law
11,280
views
views
26
Wakayama poison curry case
Mass murder in Wakayama, Japan in July 1998
11,212
views
views
27
光市母子殺害事件
11,084
views
views
28
Mann Act
1910 Act of the United States Congress
11,051
views
views
29
鈴木宗男事件
11,035
views
views
30
Nagoya Avec Murder
1988 murder and rape case in Nagoya, Japan
10,992
views
views
31
Voting Rights Act of 1965
piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting
10,974
views
views
32
Patriot Act
2001 United States anti-terrorism law
10,883
views
views
33
Sarbanes–Oxley Act
United States law covering finance and accountability
10,734
views
views
34
sodomy laws in the United States
laws in the united states regarding sodomy before 2003
10,678
views
views
35
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
copyright law in the United States of America
10,632
views
views
36
Ichikawa Family Murder Case
Robbery-murder case in Chiba Prefecture, Japan in March 1992
10,488
views
views
37
No Child Left Behind Act
2002 United States education reform law; repealed 2015
10,440
views
views
38
Hanafism
one of the four major schools of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence
10,439
views
views
39
Nagayama Criteria
9,966
views
views
40
Epstein Files Transparency Act
2025 legislation in the United States
9,934
views
views
41
penal transportation
relocation of convicted criminals to a distant place
9,898
views
views
42
Sayama Incident
1963 murder
9,460
views
views
43
Amoris laetitia
2015 apostolic exhortation of Pope Francis
9,451
views
views
44
奈良小1女児殺害事件
8,764
views
views
45
same-sex marriage in the United States
marriage between members of the same gender within the United States of America
8,751
views
views
46
unfriendly countries list
list of countries viewed as enemies by Russia
8,710
views
views
47
Chinese Exclusion Act
act of US Congress in 1882 that prohibited all immigration of Chinese laborers
8,533
views
views
48
Insurrection Act
United States law
8,419
views
views
49
Onion Futures Act
1958 United States law
8,399
views
views
50
Russian foreign agent law
2012 Russian law
8,323
views
views
51
Ramsar Convention
international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands
8,314
views
views
52
Convention on the Rights of the Child
international treaty about the rights of children
8,282
views
views
53
Indian Removal Act
law signed on May 28, 1830 by President Andrew Jackson
8,209
views
views
54
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Laken Riley Act
United States law signed in 2025
8,193
views
views
55
Nakagin Capsule Tower
former building in Tokyo, Japan (1970-2022)
8,175
views
views
56
Genocide Convention
1948 United Nations resolution which legally defined genocide
7,762
views
views
57
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
international maritime law
7,618
views
views
58
Hatch Act of 1939
United States law
7,599
views
views
59
Sherman Antitrust Act
1890 U.S. anti-monopoly law
7,567
views
views
60
Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act
1930 U.S. trade law placing and raising tariffs on tens of thousands of imports
7,500
views
views
61
Kansas–Nebraska Act
1854 United States legislation promoted by Stephen A. Douglas which repealed the Missouri Compromise line and disrupted the Compromise of 1850
7,444
views
views
62
Respect for Marriage Act
act of the United States Congress to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act
7,349
views
views
63
National Popular Vote Interstate Compact
not yet active agreement between some states of the United States of America to allocate their presidential electors to the winner of the national popular vote
7,297
views
views
64
uniform civil code of India
proposition for uniform codified personal law in India that is not respect to religion
7,171
views
views
65
stand-your-ground law
legal principle permitting use of force against aggressors without obligation to retreat
7,096
views
views
66
American Service-Members' Protection Act
United States federal law enacted 2 August 2002
6,931
views
views
67
Corpus Juris Civilis
collection of fundamental works in jurisprudence as codified by Justinian
6,882
views
views
68
massacre at Huế
massacre in Vietnam War
6,856
views
views
69
treaty
express agreement between nations under international law
6,741
views
views
70
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
United States federal law concerning health information
6,712
views
views
71
Megan's Law
Law
6,686
views
views
72
law of Moses
the Torah or the first five books of the Hebrew Bible
6,682
views
views
73
Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019
Act of the Parliament of India
6,610
views
views
74
Reichstag Fire Decree
1933 decree in Nazi Germany that abolished key civil liberties for citizens
6,578
views
views
75
visa policy in the European Union
overview of the visa policy in the European Union
6,476
views
views
76
Ōmuta murders
gang killings in Japan
6,467
views
views
77
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
American law
6,346
views
views
78
visa policy of the People's Republic of China
policy which denotes whether a citizen of a country requires a visa to enter the mainland of China (PRC)
6,157
views
views
79
La Santé Prison
prison in France
6,100
views
views
80
G.I. Bill
United States law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans
6,082
views
views
81
Fair Credit Reporting Act
U.S. federal legislation regulating use of private information by credit rating agencies
6,029
views
views
82
Shafi'i
school of Islamic jurisprudence
6,011
views
views
83
Night and Fog Decree
directive by Adolf Hitler on 7 December 1941
5,828
views
views
84
National Firearms Act
1934 US law regulating firearms including machine guns
5,800
views
views
85
Immigration Act of 1924
1924 United States anti-immigration law
5,605
views
views
86
Begich Towers
a building in the small city of Whittier, Alaska, USA
5,599
views
views
87
Homestead Acts
United States federal laws (1860s-1930s) granting ownership of land
5,574
views
views
88
Roman citizenship
citizenship in ancient Rome
5,562
views
views
89
Malikism
one of four major schools of madhhab of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam
5,454
views
views
90
Reichsdeputationshauptschluss
ordinance
5,310
views
views
91
Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People
law defining Israel as a ethnostate
5,249
views
views
92
Defense of Marriage Act
1996 U.S. federal law, repealed in 2022
5,233
views
views
93
Feindstrafrecht
5,189
views
views
94
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
treaty adopted by United Nations General Assembly in 1966
5,100
views
views
95
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
international treaty
5,043
views
views
96
Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
inflation reduction bill
5,001
views
views
97
Alien and Sedition Acts
series of Acts of Congress
4,979
views
views
98
福岡海の中道大橋飲酒運転事故
4,948
views
views
99
Code of Ur-Nammu
oldest surviving law code
4,831
views
views