federal statutes
National legislative enactments
Federal statutes are laws enacted by a national legislature—in the United States, acts passed by Congress and signed by the President.
They carry authority across the entire country, unlike state laws which apply only within state borders.
The case turned on whether federal statutes preempted local regulations.
Federal statutes are compiled in codes organized by subject matter.
- statuteEnacted written rule
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- codificationOrganizing rules into system
- statutory lawLegislature-made legal rules
- Title IXFederal educational equity law
Patriot Act · Civil Rights Act · equal protection · due process · interstate commerce · Voting Rights Act · bill · preemption · Clean Air Act · Americans with Disabilities Act · amendment · Clean Water Act · Endangered Species Act · Rulemaking · criminal penalties · Capitol · congressional · judicial review
- lawslaws, statute, ordinance, acts, code
- drug policynarcotics, drug reform, drug enforcement, drug policy, decriminalization
- government recordspublic records, legal records, presidential records, state laws, executive orders
- legal codescode, codes, statute, law code, codified laws
- legislationbills, acts, laws, bill, act
- legal researchcase law, legal search, legal citation, digests, LexisNexis
federal statutesstate statutes
Laws enacted by states
state laws · state regulations · local ordinances · municipal codes · county ordinances
federal statutescase law
Judge-made legal doctrine
common law · judicial precedent · executive orders · court decisions · constitutional provisions
federal statutesunwritten law
Informal accepted rule
common law · social norms · customary practices · informal rules · conventions