USA Law

Tag: Codes

  • United States Code

    United States Code (USC) Note: the United States Code is available here. Practical Information A compilation of all general and permanent laws of the United States arranged under general subject headings with a detailed index. Annual supplements are published. United States Code Annotated […]

  • United States Code

    United States Code (USC) Note: the United States Code is available here. Practical Information A compilation of all general and permanent laws of the United States arranged under general subject headings with a detailed index. Annual supplements are published. United States Code Annotated […]

  • Uniform Probate Code

    Uniform Probate Code in the United States Introduction to the Uniform Probate Code The Uniform Probate Code is a standardized legal guideline that aims to make probate faster, easier and cheaper for everyone involved. In 1969,  the Code was adopted by the National Conference of […]

  • Commercial Code

    Commercial Code in the United States Introduction Commercial codes govern business and commercial transactions and, as a codification of private law, they deal with topics including merchant shipping, corporate contracts, and the manufacture industry. There are, for example, commercial […]

  • State Administrative Codes

    State Administrative Codes in the United States Note: For further information about State Regulations, see here. This entry discusses: How to Get Proposed and Final State Regulations; How to Get Volumes and Sections of State Administrative Codes; How to Track the Status of New […]

  • Codes

    Codes in the United States United States Code All the United States Code is available here. Uniform Commercial Code The Uniform Commercial Code is reprinted in Lawrence’s Anderson on the Uniform Commercial Code (West) and Quinn’s Uniform Commercial Code Commentary and Law Digest (West) […]

  • Model Penal Code

    Model Penal Code in the United States Model Penal Code, Sexual Behaviour and the Law Model Penal Code: see more information about this section in the main entry. Model Codes Many Model Codes are reprinted in West’s Uniform Laws Annotated. The ABA’s Model Code of Professional […]

  • International Building Code

    International Building Code in the United States Development of the International Building Code The first edition of the International Building Code (2000) was the culmination of an effort initiated in 1997 by the International Code Council. This included five drafting subcommittees […]

  • Codes

    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 […]