Municipal Law in the United States

Municipal Law Definition

In contradistinction to international law, it is the system of law proper to any single nation or state. It is the rule or law by which a particular district, community, or nation is governed. Municipal law contrasts with international law, in that it is a system of law -said, in its definition of Municipal law, The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary– proper to a single nation, state, or community. In any one state, the municipal law of another state is foreign law. A conflict of laws arises where a case arising in one state involves foreign persons or interests, and the foreign and the domestic law do not agree as to the proper rule to be applied. The various provinces of municipal law are characterized according to the subjects with which they respectively treat; as “criminal or penal law,” “civil law,” “military law,” and the like. “Constitutional law,” “commercial law,” “parliamentary law,” and the like, are departments of the general province of civil law, as distinguished from criminal and military law.

There are other definitions of Municipal Law in the legal Dictionaries.

Municipal Entries

There are further information in this American legal Encyclopedia about the following:

• Municipal Bonds
• Municipal Codes: See: Local Laws
• Municipal Corporations (also, see Municipal Bonds)
• Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board

Municipal Law in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias

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