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The U.S. legal system comprises many levels of codified and uncodified law, including acts of Congress, ratified treaties, executive-branch regulations and federal case law, under the supreme authority of the Constitution. It descends directly from English common law in force in British America at the time of the American Revolutionary War, but has diverged greatly from its English ancestor in substance and procedure and has incorporated a number of civil-law innovations. Federal statutory law is consolidated in the United States Code and administrative law in the Code of Federal Regulations, though most day-to-day litigation occurs in state courts under state constitutions and codes.

Facts
Origin Year
1789 1
1789 is when the U.S. Constitution took effect as supreme law, the clearest defensible founding date for U.S. law as a distinct national system.
Example Jurisdictions
United States of America, federal system plus fifty states 1
Primary Source of Law
The Constitution as supreme law, elaborated through federal and state statute, administrative regulation and case law under dual federal and state sovereignty 1
Classification
Legal Family
Common Law 1
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U.S. law descends directly from English common law, though it has diverged substantially since.

Source Law of the United States (Wikipedia)

The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act is federal legislation within United States law.

The Uniform Commercial Code is a defining instrument of U.S. commercial law.

Source Law of the United States (Wikipedia)

In Legal Family

Entity-backed identity for the legal family value this legal-system already carries as an enum fact, resolved to a legal-system entity by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The enum fact itself stays on the entity unchanged.

Includes

Source A. Mercer Daniel, Wikipedia
Abe Fortas, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Abe Fortas
Source Abstention Doctrine (Wikipedia)
Source Adolf A. Berle (Wikipedia)
Source Affordable Care Act, Wikipedia
Source Akhil Reed Amar (Wikipedia)
Source Alabama Constitution of 1901 (Wikipedia)
Source Alabama Court of the Judiciary (Wikipedia)
Alfred Moore, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Alfred Moore
Source Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Amy Coney Barrett
Source Anne-Marie Slaughter (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Anthony Kennedy
Source Originalism (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Arabella Mansfield
Source Wikidata: Arthur Goldberg
Source Articles of Confederation (Wikipedia)

U.S. tort doctrine holding landowners to a heightened duty of care toward child trespassers attracted by a hazardous condition.

Source Bank Secrecy Act (Wikipedia)
Barney Frank, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Barney Frank
Source Wikidata: Basil Markesinis
Source Wikidata: Belva Lockwood
Source Wikidata: Benjamin N. Cardozo
Source Wikidata: Benjamin Robbins Curtis
Source Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (Wikipedia)
Birch Bayh, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Birch Bayh
Source Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (Wikipedia)
Bob Berring, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Bob Berring
Source Wikidata: Brett Kavanaugh
Brian Leiter, Jurists
Source Brian Leiter (Wikipedia)
Source Brian Tamanaha (Wikipedia)
Source Bruce Ackerman (Wikipedia)

Matches the existing Griswold v Connecticut precedent for US Supreme Court rulings on this atlas.

Source Wikidata: Bushrod Washington
Byron White, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Byron White
Source California Code of Civil Procedure (Wikipedia)

United States state statute, within the common law tradition.

Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley
Source California Penal Code (Wikipedia)

United States state statute, within the common law tradition.

Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley
Carter Glass, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Carter Glass
Cass Sunstein, Jurists
Source Cass Sunstein (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Charles Evans Hughes
Source Charles Evans Whittaker (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Charles N. Brower
Source Charlotte E. Ray (Wikipedia)
Source Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. (Wikipedia)

United States federal statute, within the common law tradition.

Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley
Chris Dodd, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Chris Dodd
Source Wikidata: Christopher Columbus Langdell
Source Circuit Court of Cook County (Wikipedia)
Source Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Wikipedia)

United States federal statute, within the common law tradition.

Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley
Source Civil Rights Act of 1968, Wikipedia
Source Civil Rights Act of 1991 (Wikipedia)
Source Clara Shortridge Foltz (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Clarence Thomas

United States federal statute, within the common law tradition.

Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley

United States federal statute, within the common law tradition.

Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley
Source Colorado district courts (Wikipedia)

United States federal statute, within the common law tradition.

Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley

U.S. tort doctrine apportioning damages between parties according to their relative fault.

Source Constitution of Puerto Rico (Wikipedia)
Source Originalism (Wikipedia)

United States federal statute, within the common law tradition.

Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley
Source Curtis Bradley (Wikipedia)
Cyrus Leland, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Cyrus Leland
Source Daniel Patrick Moynihan (Wikipedia)
David Davis, Jurists
Source Wikidata: David Davis
Source David Dudley Field II (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: David Josiah Brewer
David S. Mao, Jurists
Source Wikidata: David S. Mao
David Souter, Jurists
Source Wikidata: David Souter
Source Delaware Court of Common Pleas (Wikipedia)
Derrick Bell, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Derrick Bell
Source Wikidata: Diane Marie Amann

U.S. evidence law theory for admitting evidence of a defendant's other acts to show an objective improbability of innocent recurrence.

United States federal statute, within the common law tradition.

Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley
Source Domestic dependent nations (Wikipedia)
Source Bill of Rights Transcript (National Archives)

Matches the existing Griswold v Connecticut precedent for US Supreme Court rulings on this atlas.

Source Wikidata: Duncan Kennedy

Traditional U.S. self-defense rule requiring a safe retreat before using deadly force where one is available.

DWI court, Courts
Source DWI court (Wikipedia)
Earl Warren, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Earl Warren
Edmund Muskie, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Edmund Muskie
Source Edward Douglass White (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Edward Livingston
Source Wikidata: Edward Terry Sanford
Source Edwin Borchard, Wikipedia

United States federal statute, within the common law tradition.

Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley
Elena Kagan, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Elena Kagan
Elihu Root, Jurists
Source Elihu Root (Wikipedia)
Source Emancipation Proclamation (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Emanuel Celler

United States federal statute, within the common law tradition.

Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley
Entrapment, Doctrines
Source Entrapment (Wikipedia)

U.S. federal courts doctrine requiring application of state substantive law in diversity cases.

Ernst Freund, Jurists
Source Ernst Freund (Wikipedia)
Source Erwin C. Surrency, Wikipedia
Source Erwin Chemerinsky (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Estes Kefauver
Ethel Branch, Jurists
Source Ethel Branch - Wikipedia
Source Exclusionary Rule (Wikipedia)

U.S. constitutional doctrine limiting compelled disclosure of executive branch communications.

United States federal statute, within the common law tradition.

Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley
Source Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (Wikipedia)
Source Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (Wikipedia)
Source Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (Wikipedia)

United States federal statute, within the common law tradition.

Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica

U.S. copyright doctrine permitting the owner of a lawfully made copy to resell or otherwise dispose of it without the copyright holder's permission.

Source Florence E. Allen (Wikipedia)
Source Florida First District Court of Appeal (Wikipedia)
Source Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (Wikipedia)
Source Frances Farmer (librarian), Wikipedia
Source Frank B. Kellogg (Wikipedia)
Source Frank Michelman (Wikipedia)
Frank Murphy, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Frank Murphy
Source Wikidata: Fred A. Hartley Jr.
Source Wikidata: Fred M. Vinson
Source Frederick Schauer (Wikipedia)

United States federal statute, within the common law tradition.

Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley
Source Fruit of the Poisonous Tree (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Gabriel Duvall
Gary Born, Jurists
Source Gary Born (Wikipedia)
Source Genevieve R. Cline (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: George Shiras, Jr.
Source Wikidata: George Sutherland

U.S. criminal procedure exception admitting evidence obtained in objectively reasonable reliance on a warrant later found invalid.

Source Gouverneur Morris (Wikipedia)

United States federal statute, within the common law tradition.

Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley
Grant Gilmore, Jurists
Source Wikipedia: Grant Gilmore
Source Green Hackworth (Wikipedia)
Source Griswold v. Connecticut (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Guido Calabresi
Hardy Dillard, Jurists
Source Hardy Cross Dillard (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Harlan F. Stone
Source Wikidata: Harold Hitz Burton
Source Harold Hongju Koh (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Harry Blackmun

United States federal statute, within the common law tradition.

Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley
Source Help America Vote Act (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Henry B. Steagall
Henry Baldwin, Jurists
Source Henry Baldwin (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Henry Billings Brown
Source Wikidata: Henry Brockholst Livingston
Henry Waxman, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Henry Waxman
Henry Wheaton, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Henry Wheaton
Source Herbert L. Packer (Wikipedia)
Source Herbert W. Briggs (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Herbert Wechsler
Source Homestead Acts (Wikipedia)
Horace Gray, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Horace Gray
Source Horace Harmon Lurton (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Howell Edmunds Jackson
Hugo Black, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Hugo Black

United States state statute, within the common law tradition.

Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley
Source Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (Wikipedia)

U.S. constitutional doctrine holding Congress may exercise powers reasonably implied by its enumerated powers.

U.S. landlord-tenant doctrine implying a warranty that leased residential premises are fit for habitation.

U.S. criminal procedure exception admitting evidence also obtained through a source genuinely independent of an earlier illegal search.

U.S. criminal procedure exception admitting evidence that would have been discovered lawfully regardless of an earlier illegal search.

U.S. conflict of laws doctrine applying the law of a corporation's state of incorporation to its internal governance.

Source International Energy Conservation Code (Wikipedia)
Source Intrusion on seclusion (Wikipedia)
Source Iowa District Courts (Wikipedia)
Jacob Javits, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Jacob Javits
Source Jacob Milborne - Wikipedia
Source James Bradley Thayer (Wikipedia)
Source James Brown Scott (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: James Clark McReynolds
Source Wikidata: James F. Byrnes
James Iredell, Jurists
Source James Iredell (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: James Moore Wayne
James Wilson, Jurists
Source James Wilson (Wikipedia)
Jerome Frank, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Jerome Frank
Jim Leach, Jurists
Source Jim Leach, Wikipedia
Joan Donoghue, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Joan Donoghue
Source Wikidata: John Archibald Campbell
Source John Bassett Moore (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: John Blair Jr.
John Catron, Jurists
Source Wikidata: John Catron
Source Wikidata: John Chipman Gray
Source John Henry Merryman (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: John Hessin Clarke
John Jay, Jurists
Source Wikidata: John Jay
Source Wikidata: John Marshall Harlan
Source Wikidata: John Marshall Harlan II
John McCain, Jurists
Source Wikidata: John McCain
John McKinley, Jurists
Source John McKinley (Wikipedia)
John McLean, Jurists
Source Wikidata: John McLean
Source Wikidata: John Paul Stevens
John Roberts, Jurists
Source Wikidata: John Roberts
John Rutledge, Jurists
Source Wikidata: John Rutledge
John Sherman, Jurists
Source Wikidata: John Sherman
Josef L. Kunz, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Josef L. Kunz
Source Joseph H. H. Weiler (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Joseph McKenna
Source Wikidata: Joseph P. Bradley
Source Wikipedia: Joseph Rucker Lamar
Jules Coleman, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Jules Coleman
Source Kansas District Courts (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Karl Llewellyn
Source Kenneth Culp Davis (Wikipedia)
Source Kentucky Circuit Courts (Wikipedia)
Source Kentucky District Courts (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Ketanji Brown Jackson
Source Wikidata: Kimberlé Crenshaw

Matches the existing Griswold v Connecticut precedent for US Supreme Court rulings on this atlas.

Source Laurence Tribe (Wikipedia)
Source Lawrence M. Friedman (Wikipedia)
Learned Hand, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Learned Hand
Source Wikidata: Leila Nadya Sadat
Levi Woodbury, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Levi Woodbury
Source Wikidata: Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Lon L. Fuller, Jurists
Source Lon L. Fuller (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Louis Brandeis
Louis Henkin, Jurists
Source Louis Henkin (Wikipedia)
Source Wikipedia: Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II
Mahlon Pitney, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Mahlon Pitney

U.S. administrative law doctrine requiring clear congressional authorization for agency action of vast economic or political significance.

Source Wikidata: Manley O. Hudson
Source Wikidata: Margaret Center Klingelsmith
Source Wikidata: Marian Oldfather Boner
Source Wikipedia: Marie S. Klooz
Source Mary Ann Glendon (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Max Rheinstein
Source Wikidata: Melville Fuller
Michael Kirby, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Michael Kirby
Source Michael N. Schmitt (Wikipedia)
Mootness, Doctrines

U.S. justiciability doctrine under which federal courts decline to hear a case that no longer presents a live controversy.

Source Wikidata: Morris L. Cohen
Source Wikidata: Morrison Waite
Source Morton Horwitz (Wikipedia)
Myra Bradwell, Jurists
Source Myra Bradwell (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Myres McDougal
Source Wikidata: Nathan Clifford
Source National Environmental Policy Act (Wikipedia)
Neil Gorsuch, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Neil Gorsuch
Source New Hampshire Circuit Court Family Division (Wikipedia)
Source New Hampshire Probate Court (Wikipedia)
Source New Hampshire Supreme Court (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Noah Haynes Swayne
Source Nondelegation Doctrine (Wikipedia)

United States federal statute, within the common law tradition.

Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley
Source Ohio District Courts of Appeals (Wikipedia)
Source Oliver Ellsworth (Wikipedia)
Source Oona A. Hathaway (Wikipedia)
Source Oregon circuit courts (Wikipedia)
Orrin Hatch, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Orrin Hatch
Source Oscar Schachter (Wikipedia)
Owen Fiss, Jurists
Source Owen M. Fiss (Wikipedia)
Owen Roberts, Jurists
Source Owen Roberts (Wikipedia)
Patricia Wald, Jurists
Source Patricia Wald (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Peter Vivian Daniel
Source Peter W. Rodino (Wikipedia)
Phil Gramm, Jurists
Source Phil Gramm (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Philip A. Hart
Philip Jessup, Jurists
Source Philip Jessup (Wikipedia)
Source Philip P. Barbour (Wikipedia)
Pierce Butler, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Pierce Butler
Source Political Question Doctrine (Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School)
Source Wikidata: Potter Stewart
Source Privacy Act of 1974 (Wikipedia)
Source Qualified Immunity (Wikipedia)
Quincy Wright, Jurists
Source Quincy Wright (Wikipedia)
Source Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (Wikipedia)

United States federal rule, within the common law tradition.

Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley
Source Wikidata: Richard Epstein
Richard Falk, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Richard Falk
Source Wikidata: Richard G. Lugar
Source Wikidata: Richard Posner
Source Richard Reeve Baxter (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Robert A. Taft
Robert Bork, Jurists
Source Originalism (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Robert Cooper Grier
Robert Cover, Jurists
Source Robert Cover (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Robert F. Wagner
Source Wikidata: Robert H. Jackson
Source Wikidata: Robert Trimble
Source Wikidata: Roger B. Taney
Source Wikidata: Ronald Dworkin
Source Rosamond Parma, Wikipedia
Roscoe Pound, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Roscoe Pound
Source Rosemary Barkett (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Rudolf B. Schlesinger
Source Rufus Wheeler Peckham (Wikipedia)
Russ Feingold, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Russ Feingold
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
Ruth Wedgwood, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Ruth Wedgwood
Source Wikidata: Salmon P. Chase
Sam Ervin, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Sam Ervin
Sam Nunn, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Sam Nunn
Samuel Alito, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Samuel Alito
Source Wikidata: Samuel Blatchford
Samuel Chase, Jurists
Source Samuel Chase (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Samuel Freeman Miller
Samuel Nelson, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Samuel Nelson
Source Wikidata: Samuel Williston
Source Wikidata: Sandra Day O'Connor
Source Wikidata: Sarah Cleveland
Scott Shapiro, Jurists
Source Scott J. Shapiro (Wikipedia)
Source Securities Act of 1933 (Wikipedia)

United States federal statute, within the common law tradition.

Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley

United States federal statute, within the common law tradition.

Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley
Source Wikidata: Sherman Minton
Source Wikidata: Smith Thompson
Source Social Security Act (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Sonia Sotomayor
Source South Carolina Circuit Court (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Stanley Forman Reed
Source Wikidata: Stanley Matthews
Source Civil Rights Cases (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Stephen Breyer
Source Wikidata: Stephen Johnson Field
Source Wikidata: Stephen Schwebel

United States federal statute, within the common law tradition.

Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley
Source Texas Penal Code (Wikipedia)
Theodor Meron, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Theodor Meron
Source Thomas Buergenthal (Wikipedia)
Thomas Franck, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Thomas Franck
Source Wikidata: Thomas Johnson
Thomas Todd, Jurists
Source Thomas Todd (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Thurgood Marshall
Tom C. Clark, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Tom C. Clark

United States federal statute, within the common law tradition.

Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley
Source Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Wikipedia)
Source Tribal sovereignty in the United States (Wikipedia)

United States federal statute, within the common law tradition.

Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley
Source Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution (Wikipedia)
Source Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution (Wikipedia)
Source Uniform Building Code (Wikipedia)
Source United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas (Wikipedia)
Source United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (Wikipedia)
Source United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Arizona (Wikipedia)
Source United States Bill of Rights (Wikipedia)
Source United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (Wikipedia)
Source United States Marshals Service (Wikipedia)
Source United States Virgin Islands Superior Court (Wikipedia)

United States state statute, within the common law tradition.

Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley

United States federal rule, within the common law tradition.

Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley
Source Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Wikipedia)
Ward Hunt, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Ward Hunt
Source Wikidata: Warren E. Burger
Source Wikidata: Warren Magnuson
Warren Rudman, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Warren Rudman
Source Wikidata: Wiley Blount Rutledge
Source Wikidata: William Burnham Woods
Source Wikidata: William Cushing
Source Wikidata: William Henry Moody
Source William Howard Taft (Wikipedia)
William Inge, Jurists
Source William Inge (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: William J. Brennan Jr.
Source William Johnson (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: William Lloyd Prosser
Source Wikidata: William O. Douglas
Source Wikidata: William Paterson
Source Wikidata: William R. Day
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1. Law of the United States (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • article body
    the supreme law is the nation's Constitution, which prescribes the foundation of the federal government of the United States, as well as various civil liberties.
  • the law of the United States is largely derived from the common law system of English law
  • Associated With: Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
Originalism (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Includes: Constitutional Interpretation, Lead paragraph - in-legal-system
    Originalism is a legal theory in the United States which bases constitutional, judicial, and statutory interpretation of text on the original understanding at the time of its adoption.
  • Includes: Robert Bork, History section - in-legal-system
  • Includes: Antonin Scalia, Proponents section - in-legal-system
View the Source
Bill of Rights Transcript (National Archives)
National Archives and Records AdministrationIncludes: Double Jeopardy, Fifth AmendmentView the Source
Griswold v. Connecticut (Wikipedia)
Includes: Griswold v. Connecticut
Exclusionary Rule (Wikipedia)
Includes: Exclusionary RuleView the Source
Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Chevron DeferenceView the Source
Political Question Doctrine (Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School)
Includes: Political Question DoctrineView the Source
Nondelegation Doctrine (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Nondelegation DoctrineView the Source
Civil Rights Cases (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: State Action DoctrineView the Source
Fruit of the Poisonous Tree (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Fruit of the Poisonous TreeView the Source
Entrapment (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: EntrapmentView the Source
Abstention Doctrine (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Abstention DoctrineView the Source
Qualified Immunity (Wikipedia)
Includes: Qualified ImmunityView the Source
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
  • Includes: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
  • Includes: William Rehnquist
  • Includes: Felix Frankfurter
View the Source
Major Legal Systems in the World Today
Rene David and John E.C. Brierley, Stevens and Sons, 1985
  • Includes: Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII
  • Includes: Occupational Safety and Health Act
  • Includes: Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  • Includes: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
  • Includes: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
  • Includes: Clean Water Act
  • Includes: Telecommunications Act of 1996
  • Includes: Fair Credit Reporting Act
  • Includes: California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
  • Includes: Electronic Communications Privacy Act
  • Includes: California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA)
  • Includes: Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)
  • Includes: Volcker Rule
  • Includes: Regulation NMS
  • Includes: Truth in Lending Act
  • Includes: Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
  • Includes: Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
  • Includes: Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act
  • Includes: Clayton Antitrust Act
  • Includes: Federal Trade Commission Act
  • Includes: Toxic Substances Control Act
  • Includes: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
  • Includes: Consumer Product Safety Act
  • Includes: Communications Act of 1934
  • Includes: Freedom of Information Act (United States)
  • Includes: Sherman Antitrust Act
Bank Secrecy Act (Wikipedia)
Includes: Bank Secrecy Act, Lead, enacting authority
Quote, Includes: Bank Secrecy Act, Lead, enacting authority
signed into law by President Richard Nixon
View the Source
Privacy Act of 1974 (Wikipedia)
Includes: Privacy Act of 1974, Lead, sponsoring Congress
Quote, Includes: Privacy Act of 1974, Lead, sponsoring Congress
passed by the 93rd United States Congress
View the Source
Wikidata: Earl Warren
Includes: Earl Warren, Earl Warren (March 19, 1891, July 9, 1974) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 14th chief justiceView the Source
Wikidata: John Marshall Harlan
Includes: John Marshall Harlan, John Marshall Harlan (June 1, 1833, October 14, 1911) was an American lawyer and politician who served as an associateView the Source
Wikidata: Edward Livingston
Includes: Edward Livingston, Edward Livingston (May 28, 1764, May 23, 1836) was an American jurist, statesman and slaveholder. He was an influentialView the Source
Wikidata: Thurgood Marshall
Includes: Thurgood Marshall, Thoroughgood "Thurgood" Marshall (July 2, 1908, January 24, 1993) was an American lawyer who served as an associate jusView the Source
Wikidata: Sandra Day O'Connor
Includes: Sandra Day O'Connor, Sandra Day O'Connor (March 26, 1930, December 1, 2023) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as aView the Source
Wikidata: Louis Brandeis
Includes: Louis Brandeis, Louis Dembitz Brandeis ( BRAN-dice; November 13, 1856, October 5, 1941) was an American lawyer who served as an associaView the Source
Wikidata: William J. Brennan Jr.
Includes: William J. Brennan Jr., William Joseph Brennan Jr. (April 25, 1906, July 24, 1997) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associateView the Source
Wikidata: John Sherman
Includes: John Sherman, John Sherman (May 10, 1823, October 22, 1900) was an American politician from Ohio who served in federal office throughView the Source
Wikidata: Robert F. Wagner
Includes: Robert F. Wagner, Robert Ferdinand Wagner I (June 8, 1877, May 4, 1953) was an American attorney and Democratic Party politician who reprView the Source
Wikidata: Carter Glass
Includes: Carter Glass, Carter Glass (January 4, 1858, May 28, 1946) was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic politician from LynchbuView the Source
Wikidata: Henry B. Steagall
Includes: Henry B. Steagall, Henry Bascom Steagall (May 19, 1873, November 22, 1943) was a United States representative from Alabama. He was chairmaView the Source
Wikidata: Estes Kefauver
Includes: Estes Kefauver, Carey Estes Kefauver (; July 26, 1903, August 10, 1963) was an American politician from Tennessee. A member of the DemoView the Source
Wikidata: Emanuel Celler
Includes: Emanuel Celler, Emanuel Celler (May 6, 1888, January 15, 1981) was an American attorney and Democratic politician from New York who repView the Source
Wikidata: Edmund Muskie
Includes: Edmund Muskie, Edmund Sixtus Muskie (March 28, 1914, March 26, 1996) was an American politician, attorney, diplomat, and naval officerView the Source
Wikidata: Warren Magnuson
Includes: Warren Magnuson, Warren Grant Magnuson (April 12, 1905, May 20, 1989) was an American lawyer and politician who represented the state ofView the Source
Wikidata: Orrin Hatch
Includes: Orrin Hatch, Orrin Grant Hatch (March 22, 1934, April 23, 2022) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United StateView the Source
Wikidata: Henry Waxman
Includes: Henry Waxman, Henry Arnold Waxman (born September 12, 1939) is an American politician and lobbyist who was a U.S. representative fromView the Source
Wikidata: Richard Posner
Includes: Richard Posner, Richard Allen Posner (; born January 11, 1939) is an American legal scholar and retired United States circuit judge whoView the Source
Wikidata: Roscoe Pound
Includes: Roscoe Pound, Nathan Roscoe Pound (October 27, 1870, July 1, 1964) was an American legal scholar and educator. He served as dean of tView the Source
Wikidata: Karl Llewellyn
Includes: Karl Llewellyn, Karl Nickerson Llewellyn (May 22, 1893, February 13, 1962) was an American jurisprudential scholar associated with theView the Source
Wikidata: Jerome Frank
Includes: Jerome Frank, Jerome New Frank (September 10, 1889, January 13, 1957) was an American legal philosopher and author who played a leadiView the Source
Wikidata: Ketanji Brown Jackson
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Wikidata: Clarence Thomas
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Wikidata: John Roberts
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Wikidata: Amy Coney Barrett
Includes: Amy Coney Barrett, Amy Vivian Coney Barrett (née Coney; born January 28, 1972) is an American lawyer and jurist serving since 2020 as an asView the Source
Wikidata: Samuel Alito
Includes: Samuel Alito, Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. ( ə-LEE-toh; born April 1, 1950) is an American jurist who serves as an associate justice of thView the Source
Wikidata: Sonia Sotomayor
Includes: Sonia Sotomayor, Sonia Maria Sotomayor ( , Spanish: [ˈsonja sotomaˈʝoɾ]; born June 25, 1954) is an American lawyer and jurist who servesView the Source
Wikidata: Brett Kavanaugh
Includes: Brett Kavanaugh, Brett Michael Kavanaugh (; born February 12, 1965) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as an associate justice of tView the Source
Wikidata: Elena Kagan
Includes: Elena Kagan, Elena Kagan ( KAY-gən; born April 28, 1960) is an American lawyer who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme CourView the Source
Wikidata: Neil Gorsuch
Includes: Neil Gorsuch, Neil McGill Gorsuch ( GOR-sutch; born August 29, 1967) is an American jurist who serves as an associate justice of theView the Source
Wikidata: John Jay
Includes: John Jay, John Jay (December 23 [O.S. December 12], 1745, May 17, 1829) was an American statesman, diplomat, signatory of the TreView the Source
Wikidata: Robert H. Jackson
Includes: Robert H. Jackson, Robert Houghwout Jackson (February 13, 1892, October 9, 1954) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who servedView the Source
Wikidata: Stephen Breyer
Includes: Stephen Breyer, Stephen Gerald Breyer (, BRY-ər; born August 15, 1938) is an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justiView the Source
Wikidata: Anthony Kennedy
Includes: Anthony Kennedy, Anthony McLeod Kennedy (born July 23, 1936) is an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme CourView the Source
Wikidata: Salmon P. Chase
Includes: Salmon P. Chase, Salmon Portland Chase (January 13, 1808, May 7, 1873) was an American politician and jurist who served as the sixth chiView the Source
Wikidata: William O. Douglas
Includes: William O. Douglas, William Orville Douglas (October 16, 1898, January 19, 1980) was an American jurist who served as an associate justiceView the Source
Wikidata: Charles Evans Hughes
Includes: Charles Evans Hughes, Charles Evans Hughes (April 11, 1862, August 27, 1948) was an American politician, academic, and jurist who served as tView the Source
Wikidata: John Paul Stevens
Includes: John Paul Stevens, John Paul Stevens (April 20, 1920, July 16, 2019) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justiceView the Source
Wikidata: Roger B. Taney
Includes: Roger B. Taney, Roger Brooke Taney ( TAW-nee; March 17, 1777, October 12, 1864) was an American lawyer and politician who served as thView the Source
Wikidata: David Souter
Includes: David Souter, David Hackett Souter ( SOO-tər; September 17, 1939, May 8, 2025) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an AssView the Source
Wikidata: Warren E. Burger
Includes: Warren E. Burger, Warren Earl Burger (September 17, 1907, June 25, 1995) was an American attorney who served as the 15th chief justice ofView the Source
Wikidata: Hugo Black
Includes: Hugo Black, Hugo Lafayette Black (February 27, 1886, September 25, 1971) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who servedView the Source
Wikidata: James F. Byrnes
Includes: James F. Byrnes, James Francis Byrnes (US: BURNZ; May 2, 1882, April 9, 1972) was an American judge and politician from South Carolina.View the Source
Wikidata: Stanley Matthews
Includes: Stanley Matthews, Thomas Stanley Matthews (July 21, 1824, March 22, 1889), known as Stanley Matthews in adulthood, was an American attornView the Source
Wikidata: Benjamin N. Cardozo
Includes: Benjamin N. Cardozo, Benjamin Nathan Cardozo (May 24, 1870, July 9, 1938) was an American lawyer and jurist who served on the New York CourtView the Source
Wikidata: Bushrod Washington
Includes: Bushrod Washington, Bushrod Washington (June 5, 1762, November 26, 1829) was an American attorney and politician from the Washington familyView the Source
Wikidata: Byron White
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Wikidata: John Rutledge
Includes: John Rutledge, John Rutledge Jr. (September 17, 1739, June 21, 1800) was an American Founding Father, politician, and jurist who serveView the Source
Wikidata: Harry Blackmun
Includes: Harry Blackmun, Harold Andrew Blackmun (November 12, 1908, March 4, 1999) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associateView the Source
Wikidata: Fred M. Vinson
Includes: Fred M. Vinson, Frederick Moore Vinson (January 22, 1890, September 8, 1953) was an American attorney and politician who served as theView the Source
Wikidata: Potter Stewart
Includes: Potter Stewart, Potter Stewart (January 23, 1915, December 7, 1985) was an American lawyer and judge who was an associate justice of thView the Source
Wikidata: Harlan F. Stone
Includes: Harlan F. Stone, Harlan Fiske Stone (October 11, 1872, April 22, 1946) was an American attorney who served as an associate justice of thView the Source
Wikidata: Abe Fortas
Includes: Abe Fortas, Abraham Fortas (June 19, 1910, April 5, 1982) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of tView the Source
Wikidata: Melville Fuller
Includes: Melville Fuller, Melville Weston Fuller (February 11, 1833, July 4, 1910) was an American politician, attorney, and jurist who served asView the Source
Wikidata: Arthur Goldberg
Includes: Arthur Goldberg, Arthur Joseph Goldberg (August 8, 1908, January 19, 1990) was an American politician and jurist who served as the 9th UView the Source
Wikidata: Frank Murphy
Includes: Frank Murphy, William Francis Murphy (April 13, 1890, July 19, 1949) was an American politician, lawyer, and jurist from Harbor BeachView the Source
Edward Douglass White (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Edward Douglass White, Edward Douglass White Jr. (November 3, 1845, May 19, 1921) was an American politician and jurist who served as an assoView the Source
Wikidata: William R. Day
Includes: William R. Day, William Rufus Day (April 17, 1849, July 9, 1923) was an American diplomat and jurist who served as an associate justiceView the Source
Wikidata: Tom C. Clark
Includes: Tom C. Clark, Thomas Campbell Clark (September 23, 1899, June 13, 1977) was an American lawyer who served as the 59th United States aView the Source
Wikidata: William Paterson
Includes: William Paterson, William Paterson (December 24, 1745, September 9, 1806) was an American statesman, lawyer, jurist, and signer of the UnView the Source
Wikidata: Morrison Waite
Includes: Morrison Waite, Morrison Remick "Mott" Waite (November 29, 1816, March 23, 1888) was an American attorney, jurist, and politician fromView the Source
Wikidata: John McLean
Includes: John McLean, John McLean (March 11, 1785, April 4, 1861) was an American jurist and politician who served in the United States CongrView the Source
Wikidata: David Davis
Includes: David Davis, David Davis (March 9, 1815, June 26, 1886) was an American politician and jurist who was a U.S. senator from Illinois aView the Source
Wikidata: James Clark McReynolds
Includes: James Clark McReynolds, James Clark McReynolds (February 3, 1862, August 24, 1946) was an American lawyer and judge from Tennessee who served aView the Source
Wikidata: Sherman Minton
Includes: Sherman Minton, Sherman "Shay" Minton (October 20, 1890, April 9, 1965) was an American politician and jurist who served as a U.S. senaView the Source
Wikidata: Levi Woodbury
Includes: Levi Woodbury, Levi Woodbury (December 22, 1789, September 4, 1851) was an American attorney, jurist, and Democratic politician from NView the Source
Wikidata: Stephen Johnson Field
Includes: Stephen Johnson Field, Stephen Johnson Field (November 4, 1816, April 9, 1899) was an American jurist. He was an Associate Justice of the UnitView the Source
Wikidata: John Marshall Harlan II
Includes: John Marshall Harlan II, John Marshall Harlan (May 20, 1899, December 29, 1971) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate jusView the Source
Wikidata: George Sutherland
Includes: George Sutherland, George Alexander Sutherland (March 25, 1862, July 18, 1942) was a British-born American jurist and politician who serveView the Source
Wikidata: Mahlon Pitney
Includes: Mahlon Pitney, Mahlon R. Pitney IV (February 5, 1858, December 9, 1924) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served in tView the Source
Wikidata: John Archibald Campbell
Includes: John Archibald Campbell, John Archibald Campbell (June 24, 1811, March 12, 1889) was an American jurist. He was a successful lawyer in Georgia aView the Source
Wikidata: Benjamin Robbins Curtis
Includes: Benjamin Robbins Curtis, Benjamin Robbins Curtis (November 4, 1809, September 15, 1874) was an American lawyer and judge who served as an associView the Source
Wikidata: William Cushing
Includes: William Cushing, William Cushing (March 1, 1732, September 13, 1810) was an American lawyer who was one of the original five associate jView the Source
Wikidata: William Henry Moody
Includes: William Henry Moody, William Henry Moody (December 23, 1853, July 2, 1917) was an American politician and jurist who held positions in all tView the Source
Wikidata: Joseph McKenna
Includes: Joseph McKenna, Joseph McKenna (August 10, 1843, November 21, 1926) was an American politician who served in all three branches of theView the Source
Wikidata: Stanley Forman Reed
Includes: Stanley Forman Reed, Stanley Forman Reed (December 31, 1884, April 2, 1980) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate jusView the Source
Wikidata: Willis Van Devanter
Includes: Willis Van Devanter, Willis Van Devanter (April 17, 1859, February 8, 1941) was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of theView the Source
Wikidata: Horace Gray
Includes: Horace Gray, Horace Gray (March 24, 1828, September 15, 1902) was an American jurist who served on the Massachusetts Supreme JudiciaView the Source
Wikidata: Nathan Clifford
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Wikidata: Henry Billings Brown
Includes: Henry Billings Brown, Henry Billings Brown (March 2, 1836, September 4, 1913) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of thView the Source
Wikidata: Robert Cooper Grier
Includes: Robert Cooper Grier, Robert Cooper Grier (March 5, 1794, September 25, 1870) was an American judge who served as an Associate Justice of theView the Source
Wikidata: Joseph P. Bradley
Includes: Joseph P. Bradley, Joseph Philo Bradley (March 14, 1813, January 22, 1892) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of thView the Source
Wikidata: Samuel Freeman Miller
Includes: Samuel Freeman Miller, Samuel Freeman Miller (April 5, 1816, October 13, 1890) was an American lawyer and physician who served as an associateView the Source
Wikidata: Samuel Nelson
Includes: Samuel Nelson, Samuel Nelson (November 10, 1792, December 13, 1873) was an American attorney and appointed as judge of New York StateView the Source
Wikidata: Henry Brockholst Livingston
Includes: Henry Brockholst Livingston, Henry Brockholst Livingston (November 25, 1757, March 18, 1823) was an American Revolutionary War officer, a justice ofView the Source
Wikidata: Samuel Blatchford
Includes: Samuel Blatchford, Samuel M. Blatchford (March 9, 1820, July 7, 1893) was an American attorney and judge who served as an Associate JusticView the Source
Wikidata: John Catron
Includes: John Catron, John Catron (January 7, 1786, May 30, 1865) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme CoView the Source
James Wilson (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: James Wilson, James Wilson (September 14, 1742, August 21, 1798) was a Scottish American Founding Father, legal scholar, jurist, andView the Source
Wikidata: Edward Terry Sanford
Includes: Edward Terry Sanford, Edward Terry Sanford (July 23, 1865, March 8, 1930) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the SuView the Source
William Johnson (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: William Johnson, William Johnson Jr. (December 27, 1771, August 4, 1834) was an American attorney, state legislator, and jurist who servView the Source
Wikidata: Gabriel Duvall
Includes: Gabriel Duvall, Gabriel Duvall (December 6, 1752, March 6, 1844) was an American politician and jurist. Duvall was an Associate JusticeView the Source
Wikidata: John Hessin Clarke
Includes: John Hessin Clarke, John Hessin Clarke (September 18, 1857, March 22, 1945) was an American lawyer and judge who served as an associate jusView the Source
Wikidata: William Burnham Woods
Includes: William Burnham Woods, William Burnham Woods (August 3, 1824, May 14, 1887) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the SView the Source
Wikidata: Noah Haynes Swayne
Includes: Noah Haynes Swayne, Noah Haynes Swayne (December 7, 1804, June 8, 1884) was an American jurist and politician. He was the first RepublicanView the Source
Wikidata: Ward Hunt
Includes: Ward Hunt, Ward Hunt (June 14, 1810, March 24, 1886) was an American jurist and politician. He was Chief Judge of the New York CouView the Source
Wikidata: Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Includes: Lewis F. Powell Jr., Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. (September 19, 1907, August 25, 1998) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an assoView the Source
Wikidata: Harold Hitz Burton
Includes: Harold Hitz Burton, Harold Hitz Burton (June 22, 1888, October 28, 1964) was an American politician and lawyer. He served as the 45th mayorView the Source
Wikidata: David Josiah Brewer
Includes: David Josiah Brewer, David Josiah Brewer (June 20, 1837, March 28, 1910) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the SuView the Source
Wikidata: James Moore Wayne
Includes: James Moore Wayne, James Moore Wayne (1790, July 5, 1867) was an American attorney, judge and politician who served as an associate justicView the Source
Wikidata: Pierce Butler
Includes: Pierce Butler, Pierce Butler (March 17, 1866, November 16, 1939) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the SuprView the Source
Wikidata: Wiley Blount Rutledge
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Wikidata: Howell Edmunds Jackson
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Rufus Wheeler Peckham (Wikipedia)
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Wikidata: George Shiras, Jr.
Includes: George Shiras Jr., George Shiras Jr. (January 26, 1832, August 2, 1924) was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the SView the Source
Wikidata: John Blair Jr.
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Wikidata: Alfred Moore
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Wikipedia: Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II
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Wikidata: Thomas Johnson
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Wikidata: William Strong
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Wikidata: Sarah Cleveland
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Wikidata: John Chipman Gray
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Wikidata: Christopher Columbus Langdell
Includes: Christopher Columbus Langdell, Christopher Columbus Langdell (May 22, 1826, July 6, 1906) was an American jurist and legal academic who was Dean of HaView the Source
Wikidata: Learned Hand
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Wikidata: Samuel Williston
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Wikidata: Robert A. Taft
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Wikidata: Fred A. Hartley Jr.
Includes: Fred A. Hartley Jr., Frederick Allan Hartley Jr. (February 22, 1902, May 11, 1969) was an American politician from New Jersey. A member of tView the Source
Wikidata: Sam Ervin
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Wikidata: Birch Bayh
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Wikidata: Jacob Javits
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Peter W. Rodino (Wikipedia)
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Wikidata: Philip A. Hart
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Wikidata: Sam Nunn
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Wikidata: Richard G. Lugar
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Wikidata: Chris Dodd
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Wikidata: Barney Frank
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Wikidata: John McCain
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Wikidata: Russ Feingold
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Phil Gramm (Wikipedia)
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Jim Leach, Wikipedia
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan (Wikipedia)
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Wikidata: Warren Rudman
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Wikidata: Herbert Wechsler
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Wikidata: Duncan Kennedy
Includes: Duncan Kennedy, Duncan Kennedy (born 1942) is an American legal scholar and held the Carter Professorship of General Jurisprudence at HaView the Source
Wikidata: Derrick Bell
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Wikidata: Guido Calabresi
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Wikidata: Richard Epstein
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Wikidata: Henry Wheaton
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Wikidata: Ruth Wedgwood
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Jacob Milborne - Wikipedia
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United States Bill of Rights (Wikipedia)
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The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
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Emancipation Proclamation (Wikipedia)
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The Emancipation Proclamation, officially Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States president Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War.
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Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (Wikipedia)
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The Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure are the procedural rules that govern how federal criminal prosecutions are conducted in United States district courts and the general trial courts of the U.S. government.
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Uniform Building Code (Wikipedia)
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The Uniform Building Code (UBC) was a building code used primarily in the western United States.
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United States Marshals Service (Wikipedia)
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The United States Marshals Service (USMS) is a federal law enforcement agency under the United States Department of Justice.
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South Carolina Circuit Court (Wikipedia)
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The South Carolina Circuit Court is the state court of general jurisdiction of the U.S. state of South Carolina.
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Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Wikipedia)
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The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) is an administrative tribunal within the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) established in 1958.
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Ohio District Courts of Appeals (Wikipedia)
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The Ohio District Courts of Appeals are the intermediate appellate courts of the U.S. state of Ohio.
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Kentucky Circuit Courts (Wikipedia)
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The Kentucky Circuit Courts are the state courts of general jurisdiction in the U.S. state of Kentucky.
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Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (Wikipedia)
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The Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) was an administrative law body of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) which decided issues of patentability.
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Colorado district courts (Wikipedia)
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Colorado district courts are the state trial courts of general jurisdiction in the U.S. state of Colorado, and are similar to what are referred to as "circuit courts" or other terms in other U.S. states.
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Delaware Court of Common Pleas (Wikipedia)
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The Delaware Court of Common Pleas are state courts of the U.S. state of Delaware.
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Kansas District Courts (Wikipedia)
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The Kansas District Courts are the state trial courts of general jurisdiction in the U.S. state of Kansas.
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DWI court (Wikipedia)
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DWI courts (sometimes called DUI courts) are a form of court that exists in some United States legal jurisdictions, that use substance-abuse interventions and treatment with defendants who plead guilty of driving while intoxicated or impaired.
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Alabama Court of the Judiciary (Wikipedia)
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The Alabama Court of the Judiciary is a court within the judicial branch of the American state of Alabama.
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Oregon circuit courts (Wikipedia)
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Oregon's circuit courts are general jurisdiction trial courts of the U.S. state of Oregon.
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Iowa District Courts (Wikipedia)
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Iowa District Courts are the state trial courts of general jurisdiction in the U.S. state of Iowa.
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United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas (Wikipedia)
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The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas Arkansas is the federal bankruptcy court in Arkansas; it is the only bankruptcy court in the nation spanning two Districts.
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United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Arizona (Wikipedia)
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The United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona is the United States bankruptcy court in Arizona; it is associated with the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
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New Hampshire Probate Court (Wikipedia)
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New Hampshire Probate Court in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, is the court which has jurisdiction over trusts, wills, and estates, adoptions, termination of parental rights, name changes, guardianship of incapacitated persons, guardianship of minors, partition of property and involuntary admissions.
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New Hampshire Circuit Court Family Division (Wikipedia)
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New Hampshire Judicial Branch Family Division (simply Family Division) operates ten courts in three counties in the U.S. state of New Hampshire that deal with matters affecting families.
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Kentucky District Courts (Wikipedia)
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The Kentucky District Courts are the state courts of limited jurisdiction in the U.S. state of Kentucky.
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was an American legal philosopher best known as a propo
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William Howard Taft (Wikipedia)
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was the 27th president of the United States from
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was a Founding Father of the United States
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was a Founding Father of the United States
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was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from
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was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from
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was one of the first justices of the Supreme Court of the United States
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was a United States Senator from the state of Alabama and a
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was the tenth speaker of the United States House of Representatives and an associa
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was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from January
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was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from
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was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court appointed by President Wi
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was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and previously was a United States circ
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Wikipedia: Grant Gilmore
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was an American law professor who taught at Yale Law Sc
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Wikidata: Kimberlé Crenshaw
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is an American civil rights advocate and a scholar of
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Erwin C. Surrency, Wikipedia
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was the founder of The American Journal of Legal History
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was an American law librarian and the first African Ame
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was an American law librarian and professor
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Rosamond Parma, Wikipedia
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was an American law librarian
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Philip Jessup (Wikipedia)
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was an American diplomat
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was an American legal theorist and educator known for a
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was an American lawyer and authority on international l
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James Brown Scott (Wikipedia)
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was an American legal scholar
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David Dudley Field II (Wikipedia)
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was an American lawyer and law reformer who made major
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Green Hackworth (Wikipedia)
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was an American jurist who served as the first U
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Thomas Buergenthal (Wikipedia)
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was a Czechoslovak-born American international lawyer
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Louis Henkin (Wikipedia)
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was an American legal scholar
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was an American lawyer and professor at Cornell Univers
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Hardy Cross Dillard (Wikipedia)
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was an American jurist who served as a judge on the Int
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Richard Reeve Baxter (Wikipedia)
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was an American jurist and from
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Myra Bradwell (Wikipedia)
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was an American publisher and political activist
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was an African-American lawyer
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Clara Shortridge Foltz (Wikipedia)
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was an American lawyer
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Florence E. Allen (Wikipedia)
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was a United States federal judge on the United States Cour
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was a judge of the United States Customs Court
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is an American diplomat
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is an American lawyer
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is an American legal scholar specialized in internatio
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is an American lawyer and international law scholar
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was an American lawyer
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is an American lawyer and political scientist
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is an American academic
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is an American international law scholar specializing
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was an American political scientist based at the Univer
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was an American legal scholar known for his work in com
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Mary Ann Glendon (Wikipedia)
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is the Learned Hand Professor of Law Emerita at Harvard Law School and a former United States Ambassador to the Holy See
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Ernst Freund (Wikipedia)
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was a noted American legal scholar
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is an American legal scholar who is the Charles F
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Robert Cover (Wikipedia)
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was an American law professor
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is an American legal scholar who is a Sterling Profess
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is an American legal scholar and political philosopher
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Laurence Tribe (Wikipedia)
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is an American legal scholar known for his studies of
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Cass Sunstein (Wikipedia)
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is an American legal scholar known for his work in U
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Erwin Chemerinsky (Wikipedia)
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is an American legal scholar and author known for his
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Akhil Reed Amar (Wikipedia)
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is an American legal scholar who is Sterling Professor
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Frank Michelman (Wikipedia)
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is an American legal scholar and the Robert Walmsley U
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Gouverneur Morris (Wikipedia)
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was an American statesman
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is an American philosopher and legal scholar who is Ka
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Morton Horwitz (Wikipedia)
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is an American legal historian and law professor at Ha
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Lawrence M. Friedman (Wikipedia)
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is an American law professor
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Adolf A. Berle (Wikipedia)
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was an American lawyer
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Kenneth Culp Davis (Wikipedia)
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was an American legal scholar remembered as
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Herbert L. Packer (Wikipedia)
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was an American law professor and criminologist
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Patricia Wald (Wikipedia)
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was an American lawyer and jurist who served as the chi
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Rosemary Barkett (Wikipedia)
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is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a judge of
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was an American legal scholar who served as David and M
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is an American legal scholar and the John S
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was an American lawyer
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was an American playwright and novelist
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Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Wikipedia)
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2, 1964) is a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color,
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Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Wikipedia)
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark U.S. federal statute that prohibits racial discriminat
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Homestead Acts (Wikipedia)
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The Homestead Acts were several laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of
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Social Security Act (Wikipedia)
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Social Security Act of 1935 is a law enacted by the 74th United States Congress and signed into law by U.S. president Fr
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Affordable Care Act, Wikipedia
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is a landmark U.S. federal statute enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack
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Civil Rights Act of 1991 (Wikipedia)
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The Civil Rights Act of 1991 is a United States labor law, passed in response to United States Su
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Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (Wikipedia)
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(IRCA or the Simpson-Mazzoli Act) was passed by the 99th United States Congress and signed into law by U.S. President Ro
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Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (Wikipedia)
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Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act is a United States federal law that provides for extended criminal p
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Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (Wikipedia)
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known as the McCain-Feingold Act or BCRA ( BIK-ruh), is a United States federal law that amended the Federal Election Cam
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Help America Vote Act (Wikipedia)
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Help America Vote Act of 2002 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States)107-252 (text) (PDF)), or HAVA, is a United State
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National Environmental Policy Act (Wikipedia)
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The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is a United States environmental law designed to promote the enhance
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Securities Act of 1933 (Wikipedia)
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Securities Act, and the '33 Act, was enacted by the United States Congress on May 27, 1933, during the Great Depres
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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (Wikipedia)
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Act of 1977 (FCPA) (15 U.S.C. § 78dd-1, et seq.) is a United States federal law that prohibits U.S. citizens and enti
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United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (Wikipedia)
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The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (in case
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California Penal Code (Wikipedia)
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and the execution of sentences, among other things, in the American state of California. It was originally enacted in
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The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New
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Florida First District Court of Appeal (Wikipedia)
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Florida District Courts of Appeal in that, much like the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at the fede
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California Code of Civil Procedure (Wikipedia)
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general codification of the law of civil procedure in the U.S. state of California, along with the three other o
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Texas Penal Code (Wikipedia)
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of the Revised Penal Code, in large part based on the American Law Institute's Model Penal Code.
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Wyoming Supreme Court (Wikipedia)
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The Wyoming Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The court consists of a chief j
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Circuit Court of Cook County (Wikipedia)
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as well as one of the largest unified court systems in the United States, second only in size to the Superior Court of Lo
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International Energy Conservation Code (Wikipedia)
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adopted by many states and municipal governments in the United States for the establishment of minimum design and const
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United States Virgin Islands Superior Court (Wikipedia)
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Court is the trial court of general jurisdiction for the United States Virgin Islands. The court is composed of nine jud
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Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution (Wikipedia)
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The Twenty-fifth Amendment (Amendment XXV) to the United States Constitution addresses issues related to presiden
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Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution (Wikipedia)
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The Twenty-sixth Amendment (Amendment XXVI) to the United States Constitution establishes a nationally standardize
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Domestic dependent nations (Wikipedia)
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of the United States John Marshall wrote that Native American peoples in the United States were "domestic depen
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Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (Wikipedia)
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are a set of rules promulgated by the Supreme Court of the United States under the Rules Enabling Act, directing procedure
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Intrusion on seclusion (Wikipedia)
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seclusion is one of the four privacy torts created under U.S. common law. Intrusion on seclusion is commonly th
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Constitution of Puerto Rico (Wikipedia)
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is the primary organizing law for the unincorporated U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, describing the duties,
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Articles of Confederation (Wikipedia)
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which served as the nation's first constitution during the American Revolution. It was debated by the Second Continen
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Alabama Constitution of 1901 (Wikipedia)
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of Alabama of 1901 was the basic governing document of the U.S. state of Alabama. Adopted in 1901, it was Alabama
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Edwin Borchard, Wikipedia
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was an American international legal scholar
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Oscar Schachter (Wikipedia)
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was an American international law and diplomacy profess
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Ethel Branch - Wikipedia
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    is an American attorney and politician
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Civil Rights Act of 1968, Wikipedia
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73, enacted April 11, 1968) is a landmark law in the United States signed into law by President Lyndon B.
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Tribal sovereignty in the United States (Wikipedia)
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Tribal sovereignty in the United States is the concept of the inherent authority of Indigenous tribes to govern themselves within the borders of the United States.
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Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (Wikipedia)
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The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), 29 U.S.C.
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Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Wikipedia)
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