U.S. law
Federal legal code
The body of legal rules, statutes, and judicial precedents governing the United States at federal, state, and local levels.
U.S. law draws from constitutional principles, legislative enactments, administrative regulations, and common law traditions inherited from England.
Under U.S. law, defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
- bill of rightsDocument listing protected liberties
- First AmendmentConstitutional free expression guarantee
- amendmentChange to official text
- executive ordersPresidential directives with legal force
- judicial reviewCourts invalidating unconstitutional acts
separation of powers · checks and balances · federalism · enabling act · statute · supremacy clause · due process · appropriations · code · equal protection · search and seizure · legal reasoning · habeas corpus · grand jury · adjudication · act · judicial opinion · ordinance
U.S. lawinternational law
Rules governing relations between countries
British law · state law · tribal law · Canadian law · French law
U.S. lawdivine law
Rules from deity
sharia · natural law · religious law · canon law · moral law
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