Historic Preservation in the United States

Introduction to Historic Preservation (State statute topic)

The purpose of Historic Preservation is to provide a broad appreciation of the Historic Preservation legal topic. Select from the list of U.S. legal topics for information (other than Historic Preservation).

Finding the law: Historic Preservation in the U.S. Code

A collection of general and permanent laws relating to historic preservation, passed by the United States Congress, are organized by subject matter arrangements in the United States Code (U.S.C.; this label examines historic preservation topics), to make them easy to use (usually, organized by legal areas into Titles, Chapters and Sections). The platform provides introductory material to the U.S. Code, and cross references to case law. View the U.S. Code’s table of contents here.

Resources

Further Reading

• Information about Historic Preservation in the Gale Encyclopedia of American Law.