United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
Commercial and Unofficial edition
The United States Code (U.S.C) is the official Code. Together with the United States Code Annotated or U.S.C.A. (see more about the United States Code Annotated by West here), the United States Code Service (U.S.C.S. Code) offer unofficial or commercial, more complete, versions of the Code.
The U.S.C.S. Code contains the same that is published in the United States Code, including annotations to case law relevant to statutory law.
Both also provide:
- tables containing parallel references between statutory cites
- earlier revisions and later texts
- presidential documents.
- notes referring to the history of a law after most sections
- an overall index (usually consisting of several volumes)
U.S.C.S (United States Code Service) Features
The United States Code Service is very similar to the United States Code Annoted. It is produced by Lawyers Co-op/Bancroft Whitney. It was preceded by a similar compilation entitled Federal Code Annotated (1937-1972, Bobbs-Merrill). United States Code Service (U.S.C.S. Code) also retains the title and chapter number organization of the official United States Code Service. It receives annual pocket parts and quarterly supplements called “Cumulative Later Case and Statutory Service” covering newer cases and legislative changes to statutes between annual pocket parts.
Also, United States Code Service provides monthly advance pamphlets that include texts of the new laws and tables indicating code sections that have been affected by this new legislation. Other services include: annotations to court decisions under statutory section; cross references to other Co-op publications, overall index, tables volume, procedural and court rules; popular name table of federal acts; index to the Code of Federal Regulations: federal agency rules.
Some characteristics of the United States Code Service
- United States Code Service includes some cases not found in United States Code Annoted.
- United States Code Service annotations of cases are sometimes longer if deemed particularly relevant cases.
- United States Code Service preserves more closely the language and context of the original Statutes at Large text. This also means it deviates more from the text of the United States Code Service.
- United States Code Service provides cross references to many Lawyers’ Coop secondary sources and are more extensive than United States Code Annoted’s cross references.
- United States Code Service is often more timely because of its monthly advance service.
- United States Code Service provides agency procedural rules.
United States Code Service Lawyers Edition
It includes all U.S. Federal laws of a “general and permanent nature arranged in accordance with the section numbering of the United States code and the supplements thereto”. There is also the “USCS, United States Code Service (Lawyer’s Edition)”, a USCS Court Rules 6-Volume set, published by LexisNexis.
United States Code Service General Index
See the Official United States Code Service Index and Search Criteria
United States Statutes
- U.S. Federal Statutes (State statute topic)
- Constitution State Laws (State statute topic)
- U.S. Code of Federal Regulations
Statutes and Law (International)
Further Reading
Shepard’s Acts and Cased by Popular Names, Federal and State (1986)
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