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  2. List of U.S. state statutory codes - Wikipedia

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    California, New York, and Texas use separate subject-specific codes (or in New York's case, "Consolidated Laws") which must be separately cited by name. Louisiana has both five subject-specific codes and a set of Revised Statutes divided into numbered titles.

  3. State law (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The law of most of the states is based on the common law of England; the notable exception is Louisiana, whose civil law is largely based upon French and Spanish law.The passage of time has led to state courts and legislatures expanding, overruling, or modifying the common law; as a result, the laws of any given state invariably differ from the laws of its sister states.

  4. State constitutions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    State constitutions are all longer than 8,000 words because they are more detailed regarding the day-to-day relationships between government and the people. The shortest is the Constitution of Vermont , adopted in 1793 and currently 8,295 words long.

  5. State governments of the United States - Wikipedia

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    While each of the state governments within the United States holds legal and administrative jurisdiction within its bounds, [3] they are not sovereign in the Westphalian sense in international law which says that each state has sovereignty over its territory and domestic affairs, to the exclusion of all external powers, on the principle of non ...

  6. Statute - Wikipedia

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    Statutes are laws made by legislative bodies; they are distinguished from case law or precedent, which is decided by courts, regulations issued by government agencies, and oral or customary law. [1] [2] [better source needed] Statutes may originate with the legislative body of a country, state or province, county, or municipality.

  7. State legislature (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The primary function of any legislature is to create laws. State legislatures also approve budget for state government. They may establish government agencies, set their policies, and approve their budgets. For instance, a state legislature could establish an agency to manage environmental conservation efforts within that state.

  8. List of United States federal legislation - Wikipedia

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    Volumes 1 through 18, which have all the statutes passed from 1789 to 1875, are available on-line at the Library of Congress, here. In the list below, statutes are listed by X Stat. Y, where X is the volume of the Statutes at Large and Y is the page number, as well as either the chapter or Public Law number. See examples below.

  9. List of Jim Crow law examples by state - Wikipedia

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    1935: Health Care [Statute] Established a state tuberculosis sanitarium for blacks. 1935: Public carriers [State Code] Directed that separate coaches for whites and blacks on all common carriers. 1943: Public carriers [State Code] Ordered separate seating on all buses. 1949: Employment [Statute] Coal mines required to have separate washrooms.