A scaling relation between remanent magnetization and excess energy of spin-glasses is tested numerically. Based on a simple domain picture of non-equilibrium states of spin-glasses a power law can be derived, which relates the excess energy to the remanent magnetization Delta E varies as M x . The exponent x is related to the interface exponent y, which determines whether a spin-glass phase exists for T=0 or not. Therefore equilibrium properties can be determined by measurement of non-equilibrium quantities, x is calculated numerically for different temperatures T and the spatial dimensions d=2 and d=3. The numerical results are consistent with the suggested scaling relation.
Many results of the mean-field theory of spin-glasses violate simple scaling laws, including the magnetic field dependence of the transition lines, crossover effects of random anisotropy, and critical behavior in the ordered phase. These violations arise from two dangerously irrelevant variables. Below eight dimensions some mean-field exponents change and at
d=6 scaling is restored. Below
d=6 all scaling laws should be valid implying that the critical properties of real spin-glasses should be simpler than in mean-field theory. Experimental consequences are discussed.