PUBLIC SCHOOL LAW Part 10: Primary Legal Sources- Legislative (Statute) Law

STATUTE LAW SOURCES

The publication of statutory law Law first is published as a separate document—slip law It is then included in a chronological listing of all statutes passed within a session of Congress— often called session laws It is cataloged by subject and placed within something called a code Proposed laws are presented before a legislative body, and then discussed and argued over, and finally the law is sent to an executive. In the case of federal law, the law is sent to the President of the United States. After this, the Law first is published as a separate document—slip law It is then included in a chronological listing of all statutes passed within a session of Congress— often called session laws It is cataloged by subject and placed within the code

Federal Legislative Law Once a law is passed, the text of the law is given a number, called the Public law number. Public law number is made up of the session of congress, and then each law is numbered sequentially Public Law Number for No Child Left Behind Act is 107-110 In the case of federal legislative law, Once a law is passed, the text of the law is given a number, called the Public law number. Public law number is made up of the session of congress, and then each law is numbered sequentially For example, Public Law Number for No Child Left Behind Act is 107-110. 107 refers to the 107th congress, which was in session in 2001-2002 and the number 110 refers to the 110th law passed in that session.

United States Statutes at Large All Federal laws are put into a publication called United States Statutes at Large Statutes at Large is simply a place to put all laws as they are passed.

More on the Statutes at Large The United States Statutes at Large, typically referred to as the Statutes at Large, is the permanent collection of all laws and resolutions enacted during each session of Congress. The Statutes at Large is prepared and published by the Office of the Federal Register (OFR), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Every public and private law passed by Congress is published in the Statutes at Large in order of the date it was enacted into law. The laws are arranged by Public Law number and are cited by volume and page number. The United States Statutes at Large, typically referred to as the Statutes at Large, is the permanent collection of all laws and resolutions enacted during each session of Congress. The Statutes at Large is prepared and published by the Office of the Federal Register (OFR), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Every public and private law passed by Congress is published in the Statutes at Large in order of the date it was enacted into law. The laws are arranged by Public Law number and are cited by volume and page number.

Statutes at Large Online Statutes at Large (1789-1875) Library of Congress Complete Collection of the United States Statutes at Large (1789-2012) Courtsey of the Constitution Society website. Even though the pages are in pdf, the entire collection is searchable. FDsys: Statutes at Large (1951-2010) GPO Access: Statutes at Large (2003-2006) FDsys: Public and Private Laws (1995-2013) Like many other legal resources, the Statutes at Large are available online now. There is no one website where the entire statutes at large is available from 1789 to the present, but at the websites on this slide you can access the all of the statutes at large up to and including the current year.

United States Code Often, people want to search for the law by topic That would be difficult in Statutes at Large So all of the laws in the Statutes at Large were put into a subject arrangement called the United States Code

United States Code Arranged into 50 subject areas called titles Within each title, it is divided into chapters and paragraphs The Code is updated with annual supplements

More on the U.S. Code The United States Code is the codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States based on what is printed in the Statutes at Large. It is divided by broad subjects into 50 titles and published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives. Since 1926, the United States Code has been published every six years. In between editions, annual cumulative supplements are published in order to present the most current information. Documents are available only as ASCII text files.

U.S. Code Online FDsys: United States Code (1994-2012 editions) FDsys contains the 2012, 2006, 2000, and 1994 editions of the U.S. Code, plus annual supplements of 1994-1999, 2001-2005, 2007 through 2011. The U.S. Code at the House of Representatives These tables show where recently enacted laws will appear in the United States Code and which sections of the Code have been amended by those laws. The tables sorted in Public Law order may be used to identify the sections of the Code affected by a particular law. The tables sorted in Code order may be used to determine whether a particular section of the Code has recently been amended. The tables only include those provisions of law that have been classified to the Code. The text of recently enacted laws may be found through the Library of Congress Thomas web site. U.S. Code at the Legal Information Institute The Legal Information Institute is located at the Cornell University School of Law and contains primary and secondary sources of the law

Popular Names of Acts Often Acts of Congress are known by a name that is different than the official name of the act. This name is called the popular name The US Code has a volume that contains the popular names of all acts of congress and the Public Law Number so that you can find it in the Statutes at Large

Popular Names of Acts Acts of Congress by Popular Name http://uscode.house.gov/popularnames/popularnames.htm Popular names of Acts in the US Code http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/topn/index.html US Code: Popular Names http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/uscodes/popularnames/index.html ACTS CITED BY POPULAR NAME http://uscode.house.gov/pdf/2006/2006uscPopNames.pdf This is a pdf version of the print volume called Acts cited by popular name

That is the end of part 10!! Isn’t this information exciting?