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  2. Primary and secondary legislation - Wikipedia

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    A similar relationship exists in state legal systems between laws, which are enacted by state legislatures, and regulations and policies, which are established by governmental bodies at the state and local levels. [15] In a 2013 majority opinion of the US Supreme Court, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia explained: [16]

  3. Code of Federal Regulations - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Register Act originally provided for a complete compilation of all existing regulations promulgated prior to the first publication of the Federal Register, but was amended in 1937 to provide a codification of all regulations every five years. [7] The first edition of the CFR was published in 1938. [7]

  4. Legislation - Wikipedia

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    Legislation can have many purposes: to regulate, to authorize, to outlaw, to provide (funds), to sanction, to grant, to declare, or to restrict. It may be contrasted with a non-legislative act by an executive or administrative body under the authority of a legislative act. [2]

  5. Law of the United States - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 December 2024. Constitution of the United States The United States Congress enacts federal statutes in accordance with the Constitution. The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest authority in interpreting federal law, including the federal Constitution, federal statutes, and federal ...

  6. Regulation - Wikipedia

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    Regulation in the social, political, psychological, and economic domains can take many forms: legal restrictions promulgated by a government authority, contractual obligations (for example, contracts between insurers and their insureds [1]), self-regulation in psychology, social regulation (e.g. norms), co-regulation, third-party regulation, certification, accreditation or market regulation.

  7. Regulation (European Union) - Wikipedia

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    A regulation is a legal act of the European Union [1] which becomes immediately enforceable as law in all member states simultaneously. [2] [3] Regulations can be distinguished from directives which, at least in principle, need to be transposed into national law.

  8. Rulemaking - Wikipedia

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    The act requires that the Department of Health and Human Services promulgate regulations establishing which laboratory tests to use to test the purity of each drug. Adding implementation detail. Legislation on automobile fuel efficiency, for example, often delegates the development of the actual engine tests used to calculate 'city mileage' and ...

  9. Regulatory agency - Wikipedia

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    Regulatory agencies deal in the areas of administrative law, regulatory law, secondary legislation, and rulemaking (codifying and enforcing rules and regulations, and imposing supervision or oversight for the benefit of the public at large). The existence of independent regulatory agencies is justified by the complexity of certain regulatory ...