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Well the question is in the title. Does Malus' Law (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malus's_law ) follow automatically from Maxwell's equations, or is it really an extra thing put in by hand? In particular I'm interested if there is a purely classical electromagnetic explanation (i.e. without having to go into the quantum mechanics of wither the light or the polarising medium at all...)