Iron law may refer to:
- Iron law of population, from Thomas Malthus' An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798)
- Iron law of wages, from Ferdinand Lassalle's Subsistence theory of wages (mid 19th century)
- Iron law of oligarchy, from Michels' Political Parties
- Iron law of prohibition, from Cohen's How the Narcs Created Crack
- Iron Law of Bureaucracy, from Jerry Pournelle.
Famous quotes containing the words iron and/or law:
“Reading while waiting
for the iron to heat,
writing, My Life had stood—a Loaded Gun—”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)
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—William Geimer, U.S. law educator. New York Times, p. B18 (January 28, 1994)