State law (in the US)

GPTKB entity

Statements (36)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:affects residents of the state
businesses in the state
visitors to the state
gptkbp:appliesTo individual US states
gptkbp:basisFor most civil lawsuits
most criminal prosecutions
gptkbp:canBeOverriddenBy federal law (in the US)
gptkbp:canBePreemptedBy federal law (in the US)
gptkbp:canBeSupersededBy federal law (in the US)
gptkbp:canDifferFrom state to state
gptkbp:challenge federal courts
state courts
gptkbp:compatibleWith gptkb:US_Constitution
gptkbp:contrastsWith federal law (in the US)
gptkbp:enactedBy state legislatures
gptkbp:enforcedBy state courts
state executive agencies
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label State law (in the US)
gptkbp:includes gptkb:family
gptkb:crime
civil law
property law
tort law
contract law
gptkbp:interpretedBy state supreme courts
gptkbp:partOf US legal system
gptkbp:source state regulations
state constitutions
state statutes
state case law
gptkbp:subject federal constitutional law
state constitutional law
gptkbp:variant gptkb:state_order
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Advance_Directives
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6