United States law

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legal system national law

United States law is the complex federal and state legal system that governs the United States, encompassing the Constitution, statutes, regulations, and judicial decisions that structure government powers and protect individual rights.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
United States law canonical 83
United States legal system 28
U.S. law 2

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legal system ⓘ
national law ⓘ
basedOn United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
defines powers of the federal government of the United States ⓘ
relationship between federal and state governments in the United States ⓘ
governedBy federalism in the United States ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
hasComponent federal law of the United States ⓘ
local law in the United States ⓘ
state law of the United States ⓘ
hasSupremeAuthority United States Constitution ⓘ
hasSupremeCourt Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
implementedBy federal executive agencies of the United States ⓘ
state executive agencies in the United States ⓘ
includes administrative law of the United States ⓘ
antitrust law of the United States ⓘ
bankruptcy law of the United States ⓘ
case law in the United States ⓘ
civil law of the United States ⓘ
constitutional law of the United States ⓘ
contract law in the United States ⓘ
criminal law of the United States ⓘ
election law of the United States ⓘ
environmental law of the United States ⓘ
family law in the United States ⓘ
immigration law of the United States ⓘ
intellectual property law of the United States ⓘ
labor and employment law of the United States ⓘ
military law of the United States ⓘ
property law in the United States ⓘ
securities law of the United States ⓘ
statutory law in the United States ⓘ
tax law of the United States ⓘ
tort law in the United States ⓘ
influencedBy English common law ⓘ
indigenous legal traditions in North America ⓘ
interpretedBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
United States courts of appeals ⓘ
United States district courts ⓘ
state courts in the United States ⓘ
legalTradition common law ⓘ
legislatedBy United States Congress ⓘ
state legislatures in the United States ⓘ
protects civil liberties in the United States ⓘ
civil rights in the United States ⓘ
due process rights in the United States ⓘ
equal protection rights in the United States ⓘ
sourceOfLaw United States Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of the United States

administrative regulations in the United States ⓘ
federal statutes of the United States ⓘ
judicial precedents in the United States ⓘ
state statutes in the United States ⓘ

Referenced by (125)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Full Faith and Credit Clause → legalSystem → United States law ⓘ
Los Angeles Municipal Code → legalSystem → United States law ⓘ
Due Process Clause → legalSystem → United States law ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States legal system
rules of evidence for the federal courts → legalSystem → United States law ⓘ
subject surface form: Federal Rules of Evidence
Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States → legalDomain → United States law ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States constitutional law
Littleton Police Department → operatesWithinLegalSystem → United States law ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States legal system
William Marbury → relatedLegalSystem → United States law ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States constitutional law
Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution → legalSystem → United States law ⓘ
Municipal government of San Juan → followsLegalSystem → United States law ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States legal system (federal)
National Cancer Institute Act of 1937 → locatedInLegalSystem → United States law ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States legal system
National Cancer Act of 1971 → partOf → United States law ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States public health law
Judiciary of Guam → basedOn → United States law ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States legal system
Lieutenant Governor of Guam → legalSystem → United States law ⓘ
Massachusetts Rules of Professional Conduct → legalSystem → United States law ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States common law
Kimberly S. Budd → legalSystem → United States law ⓘ
Judiciary of the District of Columbia → legalSystem → United States law ⓘ
Oregon Attorney General (in certain matters) → legalSystem → United States law ⓘ
subject surface form: Oregon Attorney General
Massachusetts Law Library → hasFocus → United States law ⓘ
USUN → governingLaw → United States law ⓘ
United States constitutional amendments → legalSystem → United States law ⓘ
John → influencedBy → United States law ⓘ
subject surface form: John Edgar Hoover
this entity surface form: United States legal system
100th United States Congress → appliesLegalSystem → United States law ⓘ
California state law → partOf → United States law ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States legal system
Copyright: Cases and Materials → legalSystem → United States law ⓘ
Superior Court of the Virgin Islands → legalSystem → United States law ⓘ
Article I – General Provisions → legalSystem → United States law ⓘ
Article V – Privileges → legalSystem → United States law ⓘ
Boston College Law Review → subjectArea → United States law ⓘ
African-American history → hasInfluenceOn → United States law ⓘ
Criminal Branch → legalSystem → United States law ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States legal system
Title X – Department of Energy Management → legalSystem → United States law ⓘ
Mary H. Murguia → legalSystem → United States law ⓘ
Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution → legalSystem → United States law ⓘ
Rule 37 → legalSystem → United States law ⓘ
Rule 82 → legalSystem → United States law ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States legal system
Office of the Mayor of San Francisco → subjectTo → United States law ⓘ
The Common Law → subject → United States law ⓘ
this entity surface form: American law
NYPD 5th Precinct → lawSystem → United States law ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. law
In Our Defense: The Bill of Rights in Action → setting → United States law ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States legal system
Coryell → legalSystem → United States law ⓘ
United States sovereign immunity law → legalSystem → United States law ⓘ
Clerk of Court of Guam → legalSystem → United States law ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States legal system
Article 14: Boundaries → belongsToLegalSystem → United States law ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States legal system
Alaska Territorial House of Representatives → legalSystem → United States law ⓘ
The Majesty of the Law: Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice → settingDescribed → United States law ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States legal system
California Labor Code § 2805 → legalSystem → United States law ⓘ
Rule 41 → legalSystem → United States law ⓘ
Rule 44 → legalSystem → United States law ⓘ
Rule 5 → legalSystem → United States law ⓘ
Rule 12 → legalSystem → United States law ⓘ