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The California Codes are 29 legal codes enacted by the California State Legislature, which form the general statutory law of California. They cover various topics such as business, civil, criminal, education, health, labor, and vehicle law.
A doctrine of U.S. law that limits the Supreme Court's review of state court judgments involving both federal and state law. Learn the meaning, criteria, and examples of this doctrine and its exceptions.
One quirk of California law is that when a party petitions the appellate courts for a writ of mandate (California's version of mandamus), the case name becomes [petitioner name] v. Superior Court (that is, the superior court is the respondent on appeal), and the real opponent is then listed below those names as the "real party in interest".
The court used the strict scrutiny standard of review in Madsen. Intermediate scrutiny applies to regulation that does not directly target speech but has a substantial impact on a particular message. It applies to time, place, and manner restrictions on speech, for example, with the additional requirement of "adequate alternative channels of ...
Learn about the laws in several U.S. states that authorize police to order people to state their name if they reasonably suspect a crime. Find out how the Supreme Court has ruled on the constitutionality and scope of these laws, and how they differ from consensual, detention and arrest encounters.
Most of California's roughly 1,600 superior court judges are first appointed by the governor of California. [21] A person is eligible to be a judge only if the person has been a member of the California State Bar or served as a judge of a court of record in this State for 10 years immediately preceding selection. [22]
Learn about the sources, levels, and types of law in California, including constitutional, statutory, regulatory, and case law. Find out how California's legal system is based on common law and how it differs from other states.
Perez v. Sharp is a 1948 case that struck down California's anti-miscegenation law as unconstitutional. It was the first state court to invalidate such a law in the 20th century and influenced the U.S. Supreme Court's Loving v. Virginia decision.