Over 30 states have created a patchwork of shield laws.
Territorial disputes over the numerous islets of the South China Sea have created a patchwork of overlapping claims, including Beijing's own over the entire sea.
The Manifesto Club, an organisation which "campaigns against the hyper-regulation of everyday life", says differing local authorities' approaches have created a "patchwork of criminal law".
Marazziti and the movement he represents have created a patchwork consensus against the death penalty, and, in countries that still have the death penalty, such as the United States retentionist countries, the movement calls them it is a consensus that politicians are finding harder and harder to resist.
"They have created a patchwork with cracks in it, and a lot will fall through it," said John D. Hutson, who served as the Navy's judge advocate general from 1997 to 2000 and is now the dean of the Franklin Pierce Law Center in New Hampshire.
Since the 1960s, Southern Californians have created a patchwork of historic designations and districts to protect older and original homes and other structures, including grand estates, doughnut shops, movie theaters, high-rise apartments and office buildings.
But its victories have created a patchwork of competing zones and checkpoints across rebel territory as Jabhat al-Nusra, the Islamic Front and other groups attempt to regain some control.
These varied sources have created a patchwork of health effect measures, and reliance on these data demonstrates the need for standardization for most disease surveillance.
Local governments are free to slap on taxes on sales and growing too, which has created a confusing patchwork of tax rates around the state.
