In entertainment: In politics, law and order refers to a political platform which supports a strict criminal justice system, especially in relation to violent crime and property crimes, through harsher criminal penalties. ... The Law and Order Offensive Party (German: Partei Rechtsstaatlicher Offensive), short form Offensive D (the D means Deutschland/Germany) is a minor political party in Germany. ...
Law & Order franchise, a number of related NBC television shows created by Dick Wolf
Law & Order, the original television police and legal drama
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Those in charge of law and order believed that people would only learn how to behave properly if they feared what would happen to them if they broke the law.
After 1275, a law was introduced which allowed people to be tortured if they refused to go to trial before a jury.