The copyright law of the United States grants monopoly protection for "original works of authorship". With the stated purpose to promote art and culture... 83 KB (10,044 words) - 20:37, 1 April 2024 |
In the United States, antitrust law is a collection of mostly federal laws that regulate the conduct and organization of businesses in order to promote... 91 KB (12,433 words) - 17:04, 3 April 2024 |
United States nationality law details the conditions in which a person holds United States nationality. In the United States, nationality is typically... 91 KB (10,072 words) - 21:27, 30 March 2024 |
In the United States, the right to keep and bear arms is modulated by a variety of state and federal statutes. These laws generally regulate the manufacture... 39 KB (4,447 words) - 10:38, 29 April 2024 |
(See Incidence.) Several states of the United States prohibit cousin marriage. As of February 2014[update], 24 U.S. states prohibit marriages between... 34 KB (3,293 words) - 23:43, 29 April 2024 |
The constitutional law of the United States is the body of law governing the interpretation and implementation of the United States Constitution. The... 37 KB (4,771 words) - 20:49, 1 April 2024 |
The United States has inherited sodomy laws which constitutionally outlawed a variety of sexual acts that are deemed to be illegal, illicit, unlawful,... 64 KB (4,299 words) - 00:53, 30 March 2024 |
Gun laws in the United States regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition. State laws (and the laws of the District of Columbia and... 13 KB (4,255 words) - 03:21, 16 April 2024 |
The federal government of the United States empowers a wide range of federal law enforcement agencies (informally known as the "Feds") to maintain law... 30 KB (2,446 words) - 15:36, 21 April 2024 |
The United States is considered to have the most favorable legal regime for inventors and patent owners in the world. Under United States law, a patent... 36 KB (4,057 words) - 10:15, 7 April 2024 |
In the United States, there are both federal and state laws prohibiting treason. Treason is defined on the federal level in Article III, Section 3 of the... 42 KB (4,631 words) - 23:27, 20 April 2024 |
In the United States, the law for murder varies by jurisdiction. In many US jurisdictions there is a hierarchy of acts, known collectively as homicide... 76 KB (7,258 words) - 19:15, 11 March 2024 |
Laws regarding incest in the United States vary widely between jurisdictions regarding both the definition of the offense and penalties for its commission... 46 KB (1,569 words) - 10:09, 16 April 2024 |
Below are lists of people killed by law enforcement in the United States, both on duty and off duty. Although Congress instructed the Attorney General... 5 KB (1,133 words) - 21:23, 1 January 2024 |
The origins of the United States' defamation laws pre-date the American Revolution; one influential case in 1734 involved John Peter Zenger and established... 27 KB (3,442 words) - 14:44, 2 February 2024 |
In the United States, many U.S. states historically had anti-miscegenation laws which prohibited interracial marriage and, in some states, interracial... 61 KB (6,251 words) - 13:17, 2 April 2024 |
is a crime in the United States. Definitions can vary among jurisdictions, but manslaughter is invariably the act of causing the death of another person... 13 KB (1,522 words) - 15:16, 27 March 2024 |
In the United States, extradition law is a collection of federal laws that regulate extradition, the formal process by which a fugitive found in the United... 24 KB (3,147 words) - 14:49, 8 March 2024 |
In the United States, state law refers to the law of each separate U.S. state. The fifty states are separate sovereigns, with their own state constitutions... 24 KB (3,166 words) - 12:02, 25 March 2024 |
United States. Most immigration and nationality laws are codified in Title 8 of the United States Code. History of immigration to the United States History... 34 KB (438 words) - 16:31, 9 April 2024 |