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Popular Names of Laws:
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ow to Find Laws by Popular Name

A Guide to Resources in CSUF's Pollak Library

  Online Resources
    Legal Information Institute: Popular Names Table

    FindLaw: Popular Names Table

Print Resources
     Shepard's
     U.S.C.A.
     U.S.C.
     U.S.C.C.A.N.

Finding Laws/Statutes in U.S.C.A.
    
U.S.C.A. Table: Statutes At Large

California Laws by Popular Name
     Shepard's


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Shepard's Acts And Cases By Popular Names: Federal And State     top
REFERENCE KF90 .S52 1999 and Supplement CATALOG RECORD
Note: Hardbound volumes include laws passed through 1999.
Supplement (softcover) gives most recent laws.
USC citation, Public Law number, and Statute number are given.
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United States Code Annotated: Popular Name Table      top
REFERENCE  KF62 .W48x Popu 2002 CATALOG RECORD  
See Supplement volumes for recent public laws.
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United States Code: Containing the general and permanent laws of the United States, in force on January 2, 2001      top
DOCS/US Y 1.2/5:2000/ CATALOG RECORD
See volume with POPULAR NAMES on the spine (follows Title 50 volume).
See Supplement volumes for recent public laws. 
 
United States Code Congressional And Administrative News       top
REFERENCE KF63 .U5x CATALOG RECORD
For laws passed 1946-date.
Each year has separate volumes – you need to know year law was passed.
In volume for appropriate year, see TABLE OF CONTENTS for POPULAR NAME ACTS
Example: Megan’s Law was passed in 1996. Go to 1996 volume, find TABLE OF CONTENTS, search for POPULAR NAMES ACTS and then MEGAN'S LAW.
POPULAR NAME ACTS entry gives page number in USCCAN of complete text of the law.
Note: USCCAN also gives legislative histories of major legislation in a separate volume: Megan’s Law
is in: REFERENCE KF63 .U5x 1996/Volume 4, page 980.

Finding Where a Public Law Appears in U.S.C.A.      top

United States Code Annotated CATALOG RECORD
Go to U.S.C.A. TABLES volume (after the GENERAL INDEX volumes) and see TABLE OF CONTENTS to find TABLE __. STATUTES AT LARGE. Note: This table lists statutes and public laws by number and gives the citations to the U.S. Code sections where the laws are found.
For example, Megan’s Law was passed May 17, 1996 as Public law 104-145 (110 STAT 1345).
USCA Supplement dated September 1996 covers public laws 104-134 to 104-160.
Table III. Statutes at Large shows that Megan’s Law has been codified in 42 USCA 13701
and 42 USCA 14071.

California Laws by Popular Name    top

Shepard's Acts And Cases By Popular Names: Federal And State      top
REFERENCE KF90 .S52 1999 and Supplement CATALOG RECORD
Note: Hardbound volumes include laws passed through 1999.
Supplement (softcover) gives most recent laws.
USC citation, Public Law number, and Statute number are given.

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