Codes in the United States

Code: U.S. Codes

In the United States, law is derived in large part from English common law; the problem of codification has been complicated by the existence of a multiplicity of sovereign governmental jurisdictions. The federal government is supreme in foreign policy and in fields in which its authority is essential to the national welfare, as in interstate commerce, but its powers are sharply circumscribed by the constitutionally established sovereignty of the states in other matters. Hence, two general sets of codes developed, federal and state codes, with divergences on many points.

On the other hand, largely as a result of the pioneering work of the American jurist David Dudley Field, considerably more than half the states have adopted uniform codes of civil and criminal procedure, and all of them have enacted uniform legislation with respect to negotiable credit instruments. In the 1880s, legislation to establish systematic codification was proposed in New York State. When this bill was defeated in 1886, the movement for systematic codification of all laws ended in other states as well. One U.S. code that has wide-ranging jurisdiction is the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which applies to all U.S. military personnel throughout the world. (1)

The U.S. Code

• Title 1 – General Provisions (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 2 – The Congress (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 3 – The President (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 4 – Flag and Seal Seat of Government and the States (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 5 – Government Organization and Employees (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 6 – Domestic Security (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 7 – Agriculture (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 8 – Aliens And Nationality (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 9 – Arbitration (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 10 – Armed Fores (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 11 – Bankruptcy (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 12 – Banks and Banking (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 13 – Census (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 14 – Coast Guard (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 15 – Commerce and Trade (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 16 – Conservation (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 17 – Copyrights (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 18 – Crimes and Criminal Procedure (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 19 – Customs Duties (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 20 – Education (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 21 – Food and Drugs (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 22 – Foreign Relations and Intercourse (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 23 – Highways (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 24 – Hospitals and Asylums (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 25 – Indians (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 26 – Internal Revenue Code (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 27 – Intoxicating Liquors (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 28 – Judiciary And Judicial Procedure (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 29 – Labor (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 30 – Mineral Lands and Mining (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 31 – Money and Finance (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 32 – National Guard (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 33 – Navigation And Navigable Waters (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 35 – Patents (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 36 – Patriotic and National Observances Ceremonies and Organizations (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 37 – Pay And Allowances Of The Uniformed Services (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 38 – Veterans Benefits (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 39 – Postal Service (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 40 – Public Buildings Property And Works (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 41 – Public Contracts (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 42 – The Public Health And Welfare (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 43 – Public Lands (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 44 – Public Printing and Documents (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 45 – Railroads (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 46 – Shipping (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 47 – Telegraphs Telephones and Radiotelegraphs (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 48 – Territories and Insular Possessions (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 49 – Transportation (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 50 – War and National Defense (in the U.S. Code)
• Title 51 – National and Commercial Space Programs (in the U.S. Code)

Resources

Notes and References

1. Encarta Online Encyclopedia

See Also

US Code
US Code Appendices