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About Land Law

Land Matters is concentrating on United States land laws for the time being.

This is a very large set of subject matter that is critical to the understanding of the rights and restrictions involved in land matters. As such we will be concentrating our initial efforts there.

We hope to bring other countries laws to the Library as time and user demand guide us.

 

In the Law Library

Laws: Acts of Congress, Treaties, State laws search by name, number or subject matter..

Courts Decisions: can be found by name, court venue or subject matter.

Regulations: CFRs as well as agency employee manuals and directives, IBLA and other administative tribunal decisions, Solicitor opinions.

Law Resources are tools to help you learn more about the subject of land law.


Finding your way around the Law Library

Structure

The following structure is based on the realities of government structure in the United States. This structure may change over time as the different systems of law used in other countries are incorporated into the library.

The "separation of powers" implicit in the government structure means that each "branch" of government has it's place in the use and implementation of law.

We have broken down the law portion of the library to the Legislative, Executive and Judicial functions and added in some Law Resources tools to make it all easier to use and understand.

Laws are the acts of a seated legislature such as Congress or a State Legislature. Only elected representative can make law in the United States.

Courts Decisions are related to the lawfulness or meaning of legislative acts (laws). Court decisions do not make laws.

Regulations are the implementation or enforcement rules to be followed when the Executive branch carries out the laws passed by the Legislative branch. Only those laws that have been enacted by the legislature can be enforced. The Executive can not make laws.

Law Resources are tools to help you learn more about the subject of land law.


Land Matters. Know the law of the land.