The phrase "a sort of law" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing something that resembles or functions like a law, but may not be an official or formal law.
Example: "The new regulations act as a sort of law, guiding the behavior of companies in the industry."
Alternatives: "a kind of rule" or "a type of regulation".
Their argument is that the public can watch only so many ads in a given time period, before a sort of law of diminishing returns begins to set in.
It has been said that the precautionary principle delineates a sort of "law in situation" analogous to the ethical judgement (Papaux 2006) as the precautionary principle does not introduce new forms of liability nor new criteria of risk assessment, but rather focuses on actors' responsibilisation, consequently promoting a prospective idea of responsibility rather than a retrospective one.
And so I think there has to be a sort of law and policy debate that takes place at a global level, at least among free societies.
He viewed that more as a sort of law-and-order window dressing rather than as initiatives that would strike at the core of the problem..
He viewed that more as a sort of law-and-order window dressing rather than as initiatives that would strike at the core of the problem...
"Joyrider'" is a love song about avoiding any sort of law and stealing cars.
We are in compliance with state standards, and do not violate any sort of law.
Finally, research has discovered a sort of sociological law when it comes to hierarchies and bosses.
Most of the tabloids' worst excesses in hounding people are clearly illegal, and Britain already has a sort of privacy law, via the 1998 Human Rights Act.
Ostrogorski discovered a sort of iron law of the oligarchy, according to which the organized party machinery would necessarily dominate its social and parliamentary base.
The Court of Appeals characterized the Commission's failure to address its authority to promulgate the permissive detariffing policy as "a sort of administrative law shell game," id., at 731-732.
