The law has caused considerable confusion because it is a pastiche of provisions, some amended at the last moment and lacking in legislative history.

The law lacked definition and so invoked great difficulty in the path of those involved in such marriages.

From its very inception, the law lacked legitimacy in the eyes of the public who had previously been drinkers and yet completely law-abiding citizens.

A law lacks facial neutrality if it refers to a religious practice without a secular meaning discernable from the language or context.

Like that rejected state version, the new Congressional law lacks an exception to protect a woman's health.

But the blue laws already lack uniformity.

Traditional law in Africa is based on natural justice and lacks abstract concepts.

First, the law lacks any exception "for the preservation of the health of the mother."

Chaos and the law of the jungle reign in Iraq and the citizens lack protection.

This may be difficult if the civil law in the various states lack significant commonalities.