Types of Legislative Laws

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Public law

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A newly-enacted law that has just been assigned a number

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Slip law

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A newly-enacted law that is published in a paper pamphlet or a website such as Congress.gov

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Session laws (Statutes at Large)

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A group of newly-enacted laws compiled at the end of each Congressional term

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Code

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Collection of all current laws passed by legislatures organized by topic

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Annotations

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Research tools created by private companies, such as Lexis or West

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Notes of Decisions

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Case summaries contained in annotated codes that are organized topically

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Title

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Broad topic in the United States code, arranged by alphabetical order

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Chapters

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What topics in a code are divided into

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Section

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Individual section of a code