Parkinson's law He also wrote the book "Mrs. Parkinson's Law: and Other Studies in Domestic Science". Parkinson's law Parkinson's law is the adage that "work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion". It is sometimes applied to the growth of bureaucracy in an organization. This law is likely derived from ideal gas law, whereby a gas expands to fit the volume allotted. Articulated by Cyril Northcote Parkinson as part of the first sentence of an essay published in "The Economist" in 1955 and since republished online, it was reprinted with other essays in the book "Parkinson's Law: The
Law (principle) of linguistics, Thomas Malthus's Principle of Population or Malthusian Growth Model, Moore's law of technological growth. Other laws are pragmatic and observational, such as the law of unintended consequences. Some humorous parodies of such laws include adages such as Murphy's law and its many variants, and Godwin's Law of Internet conversations. Law (principle) A law is a universal principle that describes the fundamental nature of something, the universal properties and the relationships between things, or a description that purports to explain these principles and relationships. For example, "physical laws" such as the "law of gravity" or "scientific laws" attempt to