There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever be.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Either the law exists, or it does not.
Any rule, not existing in the nature of things, or that is not permanent, universal and inflexible in its application, is no law, according to any correct definition of the term law.
The Bible is not only laws, it's also stories.
Writing a book is not a crime.
A law is not a law without coercion behind it.
I don't think you can write according to a set of rules and laws; every writer is so different.
The Law is but words and paper without the hands of swords of men.
There is no law governing all things.
At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable.
There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.