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The U.S. Code is the heart and soul of any legal library in the United States.
If you've made the decision to purchase a U.S. Code set, it makes sense to get the most comprehensive, authoritative, current, and easy-to-use set for your investment: the United States Code Service (USCS) from LexisNexis. There is simply nothing else that approaches the value and utility that this set provides.
Base your case on the winning language of the Statutes at Large, the exact language passed by Congress.
The USCS is the only U.S. Code set based on the Statutes at Large, which the courts have consistently ruled to be the controlling language when it differs from the codified statutes in the U.S. Code. See 1 USCS 204. The U.S. Supreme Court stated in Stephan v. United States, 319 U.S. 423 (1943) that "The very meaning of prima facie is that the Code cannot prevail over the Statutes at Large when the two are inconsistent." This statement has been cited consistently by the courts in years since, and a lower court decision was actually reversed by the Court in United States Nat'l. Bank v. Independent Ins. Agents of Am., 508 U.S. 439 (1993) because it used the U.S. Code instead of the Statutes at Large. When there is a discrepancy between the U.S. Code and the Statutes at Large, the Statutes at Large always wins.
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Table of contents
U.S. Code (Statutes at Large) and U.S. Constitution
Title 1. General Provisions
Title 2. The Congress
Title 3. The President
Title 4. Flag and Seal, Seat of Government, and the States
Title 5. Government Organization and Employees
Title 6. Domestic Security
Title 7. Agriculture
Title 8. Aliens and Nationality
Title 9. Arbitration
Title 10. Armed forces
Title 11. Bankruptcy
Title 12. Banks and Banking
Title 13. Census
Title 14. Coast Guard
Title 15. Commerce and Trade
Title 16. Conservation
Title 17. Copyrights
Title 18. Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Title 19. Customs Duties
Title 20. Education
Title 21. Food and Drugs
Title 22. Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Title 23. Highways
Title 24. Hospitals and Asylums
Title 25. Indians
Title 26. Internal Revenue Code
Title 27. Intoxicating Liquors
Title 28. Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
Title 29. Labor
Title 30. Mineral Lands and Mining
Title 31. Money and Finance
Title 32. National Guard
Title 33. Navigation and Navigable Waters
Title 34. Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Title 35. Patents
Title 36. Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations
Title 37. Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services
Title 38. Veterans' Benefits
Title 39. Postal Service
Title 40. Public Buildings, Property, and Works
Title 41. Public Contracts
Title 42. the Public Health and Welfare
Title 43. Public Lands
Title 44. Public Printing and Documents
Title 45. Railroads
Title 46. Shipping
Title 47. Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs
Title 48. Territories and Insular Possessions
Title 49. Transportation
Title 50. War and National Defense
Title 51. National and Commercial Space Programs
Title 52. Voting and Elections
Title 53. [Reserved]
Title 54. National Park Service and Related Programs
Constitution of the United States of America
Court Rules
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims
Rules of Procedure of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Rule of Procedure for the Trial of Misdemeanors Before United States Magistrates
Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases
Rules Governing Section 2255 Proceedings
Federal Rules of Evidence
Rules of the Supreme Court of the United States
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
Rules of the United States Court of Federal Claims
Rules of the United States Court of International Trade
Rules of Practice and Procedure of the United States Tax Court
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed forces
Courts of Criminal Appeals
Special Court, Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Alien Terrorist Removal Court of the United States
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure and Official Bankruptcy forms
International Agreements
Universal Copyright Convention
Universal Copyright Convention as Revised
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, as Revised
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty
Convention on Literary and Artistic Copyright ("Buenos Aires Convention")
Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Performances and Phonograms Treaty
Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights ("Trips Agreement")
Patent Cooperation Treaty
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks
General Inter-American Convention for Trade Mark and Commercial Protection
Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
Trademark Law Treaty
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods as Amended by the Protocol Amending the Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods
Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Commission of the European Communities Regarding the Application of their Competition Laws
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of foreign Arbitral Awards
Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters
Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters
Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for foreign Public Documents
Inter-American Convention on Letters Rogatory
Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration
Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Transportation by Air ("Warsaw Convention")
Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations
Charter of the United Nations
Geneva Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed forces in the Field
Geneva Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked Members of Armed forces at Sea
Geneva Convention (III) Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
Geneva Convention (IV) Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects
Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography