[2] The Law was formed when Paul Rodgers met Kenney Jones in a nightclub in London and decided to put a band together.

[3] The two teamed up with different supporting musicians in order to give Rodgers freedom to pursue whatever music style he felt like.

[4] Unlike his previous projects, in which he wrote or co-wrote most of the material, Rodgers relied heavily on outside writers to write songs for the album (such as Phil Collen, Chris Rea and Bryan Adams);[4] the only chart topper of the album, "Laying Down the Law", was written by Rodgers himself.

[4] The album features notable appearances by David Gilmour, Bryan Adams and Chris Rea.

The track "Miss You in a Heartbeat", written by Phil Collen, was later recorded by Collen's band Def Leppard as a B-side for their Adrenalize album.