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What are laws? Laws and regulations are official rules about how people should behave or act in society. In the United States, there are laws and regulations at the federal, state, and local levels that define and protect people’s rights and responsibilities.
Research federal laws and find out how they are made. Learn about impeachment, copyrights, and how to get copies of your government files.
The law belongs to all of us, and Justia is proud to offer free access to federal and state court decisions, codes, and regulations. We also provide the full text of the Annotated US Constitution, as well as recent dockets and selected case filings from the US federal district and appellate courts.
US Laws, Codes & Statutes. These codes, published by both the U.S. Government and by individual states, represent the codification of statutes (laws) passed by the United States Congress and individual state legislatures or governing bodies.
U.S. Code: Table Of Contents. U.S. Code. TITLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS. TITLE 2 - THE CONGRESS. TITLE 3 - THE PRESIDENT. TITLE 4 - FLAG AND SEAL, SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE STATES. TITLE 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES. TITLE 5a - FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT. TITLE 6 - DOMESTIC SECURITY.
The law of the United States comprises many levels of codified and uncodified forms of law, [ 1 ] of which the most important is the nation's Constitution, which prescribes the foundation of the federal government of the United States, as well as various civil liberties.
The creation of laws themselves may be influenced by a constitution, written or tacit, and the rights encoded therein. The law shapes politics, economics, history and society in various ways and also serves as a mediator of relations between people.