Nevertheless, the book is an extremely valuable addition to the local government library of all who deal with this sector and should be a trusted guide for all within local councils who find themselves lost in a swirling fog of arcane law and process. (newlawjournal.co.uk)
Economically, he started flexing the muscles of the state to arbitrarily enforce arcane laws in order to force most successful independent business sell controlling interest of their shares to Gazprom. (politics.stackexchange.com)
There are lots of culprits: farming subsidies for water - intensive crops, arcane laws encouraging waste, leaky infrastructure and more. (scientificamerican.com)