The phrase "a different law for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to discuss the idea of unequal treatment or varying legal standards for different groups or individuals.
Example: "There seems to be a different law for the wealthy and the poor in this country."
Alternatives: "a separate rule for" or "a distinct regulation for".
This is a matter of principle: will the royals be treated the same as the rest of us or is there a different law for them?" Smith said the Crown Estate had to explain why it hadn't reported the incident.
Now, are we to have one law for Gordon Brown and a different law for everybody else?" Howard said, in an interview on the BBC's World at One. "What we need to know from the prime minister is what he thinks about this.
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There's a very different law for shop-lifters.
The reasons for having a different law in the two cases is primarily political.
The US, meanwhile, offers a patchwork of different laws for different states, but the fact that marijuana remains illegal at the federal level means importing is ruled out, for now.
Different countries, regions and even states within a country have different laws for motor insurance.
Titus further prevented abuses by making it unlawful for a person to be tried under different laws for the same offense.
"In the US, this patchwork of some laws for medical information and different laws for financial data and a series of FTC rulings on online privacy, and some rules for e-mail, really doesn't serve anybody very well," Mr Dempsey added.
The onus is on customers to stay in compliance with the law as they move information from place to place and with different laws for different countries, it's not an easy task.
This work compares experimental results of the hydration processes of a compacted sample of expansive clay with those obtained in numerical models where different laws for the water density were considered.
