This is a list of "laws" applied to various disciplines. These are often adages or predictions with the appellation 'Law', although they do not apply in the legal sense, cannot be scientifically tested, or are intended only as rough descriptions (rather than applying in each case). These 'laws' are sometimes called rules of thumb. See List of legal topics for 'laws' in the legal sense. See List of scientific laws for falsifiable laws that are said to apply universally and literally. General Benford's law Hilt's law Stigler's law of eponymy Goodhart's law Astronomy and cosmology Hubble's law Titius–Bode law Dermott's law Technology Amdahl's law (maximum possible speed-up to a parallel program when adding more computing power) Bell's law of computer classes (corollary to Moore's law for computer class formation) Brooks's law Conway's law Dennard scaling Engelbart's law Eroom's law Godwin's law (Prediction of internet debating patterns) Grosch's law Gustafson's law Haitz's law – analog to Moore's law for LEDs Hick's law Kryder's law Koomey's law Landauer's principle Linus's law (software development) Metcalfe's law Moore's law (hardware development) Neven's law Reed's law Swanson's law Wirth's law Wright's law Zimmerman's law Economic Laws of supply and demand Gresham's law Say's law Law of diminishing marginal utility Ricardo's law Okun's law Linguistic Aitken's Law - synchronic rule in Scottish varieties of English Bartholomae's law - regarding historical sound changes in Indo-Iranian Bartsch's law - regarding historical sound changes in French Brugmann's law - regarding historical sound changes in Indo-Iranian Dahl's law - synchronic rule in Bantu languages Dorsey's law - synchronic rule in Winnebago Grassmann's law - regarding historical sound changes in ancient Greek and Sanskrit Grimm's law – regarding historical sound changes in Proto-Germanic Hirt's law - regarding historical sound changes in Balto-Slavic Osthoff's law - regarding historical sound changes in Indo-European Pedersen's law - regarding historical sound changes in Balto-Slavic Philippi's law - regarding historical sound changes in Biblical Hebrew Verner's law - an exception to Grimm's law Wackernagel's law - regarding position of clitics in syntax Whorf's law - regarding historical sound changes in Proto-Uto-Aztecan Winter's law - regarding historical sound changes in Balto-Slavic See also Glossary of sound laws in the Indo-European languages Mathematical Law of large numbers Science fiction authors Clarke's three laws Niven's laws Sturgeon's law Three Laws of Robotics (Isaac Asimov's fictional set of laws) Wizard's First Rule (law) Biological Bergmann's rule Llinás' law Briffault's law