"there ought to be a law" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1970, Merle Hodge, Crick Crack, Monkey, Heinemann, published 2000, page 111",
          "text": "There ought to be a law, said Auntie Beatrice, people like that living up against decent people, something should be done.[…] Auntie Beatrice willed Divine Judgement, or an epidemic, or simple eviction, upon the boy and his mother.[…]",
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          "ref": "1985, Ira Wood, The Kitchen Man, Leapfrog Press, published 1998, page 17",
          "text": "Doesn't it kill you how somebody who looks so attractive can be so brilliant? God, there ought to be a law. She looks just like Julie Christie.",
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        "Indicates disapproval of a situation."
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