"laws and decrees" is correct and usable in written English.
This phrase can be used to refer to a set of laws and /or decrees enacted by an authority. For example: "The new president has implemented a number of new laws and decrees in order to strengthen the country's economy."
"They pass laws and decrees as they like.
With the promulgation by King Sosurim (reigned 371 384) of various laws and decrees aimed at centralizing royal authority, Koguryŏ emerged as a full-fledged aristocratic state.
Almost everybody realises that the tax system, which comprises some 4,000 laws and decrees and more than 200 taxes, must be pruned.
In 529 his officials had completed a major collection of the emperors' laws and decrees promulgated since the reign of Hadrian.
But between 1932 and 1935, a string of laws and decrees set quotas on foreign workers and stopped them moving from job to job.
Democracy is first to shape the question, number two to reply, and number three to adapt to the reply with some laws and decrees and so on.
He said: "The Monti government has had a majority that has allowed it to pass many laws and decree-laws".
Under the temporary constitution, the Transitional Administrative Law (TAL), cabinet decisions are law, and decrees already in force, such as those that laid down a new press law or set up the independent regulator of state media and mobile phones, can be scrapped by cabinet order.Mr Allawi's "caretaker" powers are supposed to expire after elections for a National Assembly in January 2005.
Proposed solutions centered on four key themes: fish identification; lost fishing gear; internet access to commercial fishing permit and vessel data; and compliance with marine applicable fishing laws, regulations, and decrees covering regions.
Yet the government, holding the people collectively responsible for gruesome outbursts of cruelty, declared martial law and decreed that only the wealthy would be eligible for office.
The proclamation placed the state of Missouri under martial law and decreed that all property of those bearing arms in rebellion would be confiscated, including slaves, and that confiscated slaves would subsequently be declared free.
