State Law Independency

The Fifty American States and their laws

The fifty American states have independent sovereignty of their own featuring state constitutions and their own state governments. They hold plenary powers to enact laws relating to any matter not expressly subject to federal jurisdiction by the federal Constitution, laws federal or international treaties ratified by the U.S. Senate. The law of almost all federal states share the same basis of Common Law, with the notable exception of Louisiana, which is based on the Napoleonic Code of France, and has always been influenced by him. On the other hand, the passage of time has led to the courts and laws have been evolving independently, modifying the original Common Law. As a result, any federal state laws may differ greatly from that of any other state in the Union.

In addition, many states have codified some or all of its legal standards in codes of law. Encryption is a received idea in the U.S. from countries with continental law systems thanks to the efforts of American lawyer David Dudley Field.

Codes of New York are known as "Laws" (Law), in California and Texas are called "Codes" (code) and most other states use terms such as "Revised Statutes" (Revised Statutes or Revised Statutes) or Compiled Statutes (Compiled Compiled Statutes or Acts) to refer to their codes. California, New York, and Texas have different codes for different issues, while other states and the federal government use a single code divided into numbered titles.

In some states, codification is often treated as a mere summary of the Common Law. Judges are free to interpret the codes, unless the law specifically prevents it. In other states, there is a tradition of strict adherence to the text of the codes.

The advantage of encryption is that when state law is used to write new laws and amendments to existing code, the code typically reflect democratic sentiment regarding the meaning of current law and regulations applicable in each case will be easier met.

By contrast, in jurisdictions with uncodified statutes, such as occurs in the UK, to determine what the current law can be really difficult. You have to locate the oldest rules of Parliament, and then identify all the decrees that amended the decree, or repealing it. For example, when the UK decided to create a UK Supreme Court, legislators were asked to identify all the decrees referred to the House of Lords that were still in force, then all these laws amended to make reference to Supreme Court rather than to the House of Lords.

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