Law bringing back tool of corporal punishment - people taken in by empty threat (9)
I believe the answer is:
enactment
'law' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'back tool of corporal punishment people taken in by empty threat' is the wordplay.
'back' is a reversal indicator.
'tool of corporal punishment' becomes 'cane' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'people' becomes 'men' (men are people).
'taken in by' is an insertion indicator.
'empty' means to remove the middle letters.
'threat' with its centre removed is 'tt'.
'cane' written backwards gives 'enac'.
'men' going inside 'tt' is 'tment'.
'enac'+'tment'='ENACTMENT'
'bringing' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for enactment that I've seen before include "Portrayal" , "Command" , "Theatrical performance" , "A played-out" , "The passing of a bill into law" .)