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United States law; List of legal abbreviations; Legal research; Legal research in the United States; For more information on official, unofficial, and authenticated online state laws and regulations, see Matthews & Baish, State-by-State Authentication of Online Legal Resources, American Association of Law Libraries, 2007.
The divine right of kings, natural and legal rights, human rights, civil rights, and common law are early unwritten sources of law. Canon law and other forms of religious law form the basis for law derived from religious practices and doctrines or from sacred texts; this source of law is important where there is a state religion.
English common law however is also a source of Maltese Law, most notably in public law. Mauritius: Laws governing the Mauritian penal system are derived partly from French civil law and British common law. [52] Namibia: Based on South African law.
This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. C. Catholic canonical documents (6 C, 28 P) Custom (1 C, 10 P) D. ... Pages in category "Sources of law"
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 ...
This is a chronological, but still incomplete, list of United States federal legislation. Congress has enacted approximately 200–600 statutes during each of its 118 biennial terms so more than 30,000 statutes have been enacted since 1789.
Article 38(1) of the Statute of the International Court of Justice is generally recognized as a definitive statement of the sources of international law. [2] It requires the Court to apply, among other things, (a) international conventions, whether general or particular, establishing rules expressly recognized by the contesting states; (b) international custom, as evidence of a general ...
List of national legal systems; Common law; Civil law (legal system) Religious law. Bahá'í laws; Biblical law, in Judaism and Christianity; Canon law, in Christianity; Canon (canon law) - a certain rule or norm of conduct or belief prescribed by the Church.