England, 1705: Sigtet for mord og på flugt med sine søstre, tyr Nell Jackson til landevejsrøveri for at overleve. Hjulpet af sin overnaturlige følgesvend, en indbildsk lille ånd kaldet Billy Blind, går det op for Nell, at der er en grund til, at skæbnen har ført hende over på den forkerte side af loven. En grund, der er meget større end hun nogensinde havde forstillet sig, nemlig at nedkæmpe en magisk sammensværgelse mod den engelske dronning.

Satoru Fujinuma is a struggling manga artist who has the ability to turn back time and prevent deaths. When his mother is killed he turns back time to solve the mystery, but ends up back in elementary school, just before the disappearance of his classmate Kayo.

Au nom de la loi is a limited-run Quebecois téléroman series on Radio-Canada, seen from September 15, 2005 to November 17, 2005. The series ran for ten episodes, running 50 minutes each episode.