Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
rideau législatif protecteur
English translation:
protective legislative veil
French term
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Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, Dutch to French, French to English, and 1 more.
rideau législatif protecteur
Voici la phrase :
XX XXXX bénéficie en effet d'un rideau législatif protecteur qui pose comme principe que la langue de l'enseignement en xxx est le xxx. Ce rideau protecteur, connu sous le nom de son auteur, la loi XXX, prévoit diverses exceptions telles que les établissements étrangers ou etc.
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May 3, 2013 08:41: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Language pair" from "English to French" to "French to English"
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protective legislative veil
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AllegroTrans
: yes, lawyers like "veil"; cf. "the veil of incorporation"
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Ireland
right word, right place. everytime
Native in: English (Variants: US, Canadian, Irish, UK) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
blanket protective legislation
an example in use
...The simple and often proffered solution is blanket protective legislation for
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or blanket legislative order or directive...
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: but you have turned it into an adjective and changed the emphasis
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well if you prefer a noun: "a protective legislation blanket" /and "this protective blanket" could be used
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Spain
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Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Dutch to English, French to English, and 1 more.
protective legal curtain
There are plenty of examples of 'curtain' being used to be synonymous with 'barrier' or 'boundary' (eg the 'iron curtain').
This press release from Amnesty Int. (bilingual French and English) translates 'rideau législatif' as 'legal curtain'.
http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/russia-pr...
and there are plenty more examples of the use of this expression in similar contexts:
What is behind the legal curtain? - Legal 2.0www.legal-two.com/disappearing/En cacheTraduire cette page
5 mars 2013 – What is behind the legal curtain?
Pulling Back the Legal Curtain: The Vast Opportunities as In-House ...www.palsprogram.org/Inhouse2012En cacheTraduire cette page
19 janv. 2012 – Kaye Scholer LLP 425 Park Avenue New York, New York 10022. Pulling Back the Legal Curtain: The Vast Opportunities as In-House Counsel ...
Legal Curtain Hides Son From Mother . - Google Newsnews.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199... - Traduire cette page
Legal curtain hides son from mother . By MARGARET GENTRY Associated Press Writer . WASHINGTON — Donna Ruffalo remembers every agonizing, ordinary ...
Ganfer & Shore, LLP:Behind the Legal Curtainwww.ganfershore.com/.../behind-the-legal-curtain.jsp...En cacheTraduire cette page
THIS IS A STORY ABOUT A RUSSIAN GANG THAT COULDN'T borrow straight. The gang was made up of dozens of people - a lawyer, an accountant, ...Legal curtain may fall on artists from abroad - HighBeam Researchwww.highbeam.com › ... › August 8, 1991En cacheTraduire cette page
8 août 1991 – While the rest of the world continues to celebrate the destruction of concrete walls and iron... | Article from Chicago Sun-Times August 8, 1991.[PDF]download - Perspectives on Federalismwww.on-federalism.eu/attachments/148_download.pdfEn cacheTraduire cette page
to lift the “iron legal curtain” dulling our understanding of the use of preliminary references within newer Members States and shed some light on the common ...
The possibilities with 'curtain' are endless. You can 'lift a legal curtain' or 'hide behind a legal curtain' or 'bring down a legal curtain' etc.
United Kingdom
Finding 'le mot juste'
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: Russian to English, French to English
a protective layer of legislation
Canada
Bridging Communication
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, Kinyarwanda to French, English to Kinyarwanda, and 5 more.
a protective legal shield
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Everyone deserves legal protection. And now, with LegalShield, everyone can access it
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legislative (BrE/IE) safety/(AmE) fire/ curtain
A safety curtain (or fire curtain in America) is a fire safety precaution used in large proscenium theatres. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_curtain
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