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76-505: The 29 California Codes currently in effect are as follows: The following codes have been repealed: The California Codes have been influential in a number of other U.S. jurisdictions, especially Puerto Rico. For example, on March 1, 1901, Puerto Rico enacted a Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure which were modeled after the California Penal Code, and on March 10, 1904, it enacted a Code of Civil Procedure modeled after

152-548: A 21-gun salute . The newly inaugurated governor delivers his inaugural address, an opportunity for the new leader to state his goals for the next 4 years. Pursuant to the Guam Organic Act , the governor's term of office begins at midnight on the first Monday of January of the year following the election. The day marks the beginning of the four-year term of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Guam. Before executing

228-638: A complete codification, and statutes on subject matter inappropriate for the four codes were simply not codified. In 1929, the Legislature finally established the California Code Commission as a permanent government agency (it had previously existed only intermittently on an ad hoc temporary basis), and it spent the next thirty years slowly codifying the rest of the California Statutes. Upon completing this task in 1953,

304-530: A constitutional stipulation that a governor must report annually, or in older constitutions described as being "from time to time", on the state or condition of the territory. Sitting along Route 1 , the governor's seat of power is located in Adelup in the Ricardo J. Bordallo Governor's Complex, named after the island's 2nd and 4th governor, Ricardo Bordallo . The governor lives in their official residence at

380-483: A criminal or civil action generally cannot be cited in any other action in any California court. Because the state supreme court was extremely overloaded with cases during its first half-century (resulting in the creation of the Courts of Appeal in 1904), a few hundred minor opinions that should have been published simply were not. In response, a small group of lawyers later undertook the tedious task of plowing through

456-515: A new section between two existing sections on similar subject matter. For example, the summary judgment statute in California is Section 437c of the Code of Civil Procedure. But alphabetical letters are traditionally used in the U.S. to designate subsections of statutes. To avoid confusion as to whether one is citing section 437c (that is, the section with number 437c) or 437(c) (subsection (c) of

532-526: A party submits a request to that effect. Legal treatises are one of the most important sources of secondary authority about California law. These texts are expressly recognized as a source of 'unwritten law' by California's Code of Civil Procedure. The two most influential treatises are published by The Witkin Legal Institute Summary of California Law and The Rutter Group . Both are divided into discrete volumes about specific areas of

608-537: A powerful tradition of popular sovereignty , which is reflected in the frequent use of initiatives to amend the state constitution, as well as the former state constitutional requirement (repealed in 1966 and enacted as Government Code Section 100) that all government process shall be styled in the name of "the People of the State of California". (Government Code Section 100 also expressly states that sovereignty resides in

684-434: A separate volume. The unofficial annotated codes include those statutes either as appendixes to the codes in which they probably should have been codified, or within annotations to particular code sections; Deering's also prints the uncodified initiative acts in a separate volume. Governor of Guam The governor of Guam ( Chamorro : I Maga'låhen / Maga'håga Guåhan ) is the head of government of Guam and

760-579: A strong resemblance to their California relatives. The Code of Guam , implemented in 1933 by Governor George A. Alexander , was modeled after the California Codes. Thus, Guam courts look to California case law to assist them with interpretation of the Code of Guam. In 1868, the California Legislature authorized the first of many ad hoc Code Commissions to begin the process of codifying California law. Each Code Commission

836-406: A variety of alternative solutions. Even when a prior legal decision does not create a binding precedent, the text of the court's opinion may still help lawyers and judges understand California law. Some types of prior decisions may be cited as non-binding authority in California courts, while others can only be consulted informally. The most powerful form of non-binding authority in California are

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912-530: A variety of other resolutions which are not laws of general application, such as annual budget bills, appropriation bills for specific periods of time, acts authorizing the purchase or disposition of land by the state government, and acts authorizing the issuance of bonds which terminate automatically upon repayment of the bonds. The legislature also regularly approves resolutions honoring the accomplishments of various distinguished persons. Because of their limited application, all such matters are not incorporated into

988-623: Is an eligible voter and has been for five consecutive years immediately preceding the election a citizen of the United States and a bona fide resident of Guam and will be, at the time of taking office, at least thirty years of age. The Governor shall maintain his/her official residence in Guam during his/her incumbency. " To be eligible, a candidate for Governor of Guam must: According to the Elective Governor Acts of 1968 ,

1064-502: Is compiled and edited by the California Reporter of Decisions . The Reporter maintains a contract with a private publisher (as allowed by Government Code Section 68903) who in turn is responsible for actually publishing and selling the official reporters. The current official publisher is LexisNexis . In addition to the official reporters, published California cases are also printed in two Thomson West unofficial reporters:

1140-480: Is given the power to control government budgeting and appoint many officials (including many judges). Unlike the other government departments that compose the executive branch of government, the governor is themselves head of the state executive department. The governor may also perform ceremonial roles, such as greeting dignitaries, issuing symbolic proclamations or commencing the Liberation Day parade. As

1216-617: Is not codified it does not exist), in contrast to the Federal Rules of Evidence , which has allowed a residual exception for continuous development of privileges under the common law. The huge concentration of celebrities in Hollywood has resulted in a large number of statutes custom-tailored to the needs of celebrities, such as the California Celebrities Rights Act , as well as the 1990 enactment of

1292-517: Is renowned for its innovations in tort law, including strict liability for defective products , insurance bad faith , market-share liability , negligent infliction of emotional distress , and wrongful life . The California three strikes law (codified in the Penal Code) has resulted in severe penalties in some cases and has been somewhat controversial in its application. Proposition 13 , passed by California voters in 1978, created one of

1368-431: Is that California is the only state that always precedes a citation to statute subsections with the word "subdivision" (abbreviated in some contexts to "subd."). The reason is that the Legislature often failed to leave gaps in the section numbering in the California codes for future expansion, and then occasionally resorted to the shortsighted technique of appending an alphabetical letter to a section number in order to insert

1444-677: Is the Family Code, which was split off from the Civil Code in 1994. Although there is a Code of Civil Procedure, there is no Code of Criminal Procedure. Instead, criminal procedure in California is codified in Part 2 of the Penal Code, while Part 1 is devoted to substantive criminal law. The Codes contain, or are supposed to only contain general statutory law, with the emphasis on the word "general". The legislature also regularly enacts

1520-719: Is the supreme law of the land. Pursuant to the state constitution, the California State Legislature and the Governor have enacted the California Statutes , which in turn have been codified into the 29 California Codes . The first four codes, enacted in 1872, were the Civil Code, the Code of Civil Procedure, the Penal Code, and the Political Code (which much later would become the Elections Code). However, these did not constitute

1596-498: Is unusual in that like Texas and New York, and unlike 46 other states, it has separate subject-specific codes rather than a single code divided into numbered titles. (Louisiana is a hybrid that uses both.) During the state's first century, the California Legislature was rather sloppy in drafting statutes. This has resulted in two bizarre anomalies in California statutory law. First, some acts are designated as "Acts" and others are designated as "Laws", with no coherent distinction between

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1672-686: The California Code of Regulations (CCR) and carry the force of law to the extent they do not conflict with any statutes or the state or federal Constitutions. Pursuant to the California Administrative Procedure Act , a "Notice of Proposed Action" is published in the California Regulatory Notice Register (Notice Register) and at least 45 days are required for public hearings and comment before being reviewed and approved by

1748-916: The California Code of Regulations . California's legal system is based on common law , which is interpreted by case law through the decisions of the Supreme Court of California , California Courts of Appeal , and Appellate Divisions of the Superior Courts of California , and published in the California Reports , California Appellate Reports , and California Appellate Reports Supplement , respectively (among others). Counties and incorporated cities may promulgate local ordinances which are usually codified in county or city codes, respectively. There are also several sources of persuasive authority, which are not binding authority but are useful to lawyers and judges insofar as they help to clarify

1824-922: The California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) and codified in the CCR. The Judicial Council of California has also promulgated the California Rules of Court, which includes such publications as the Standards of Judicial Administration and the Ethics Standards for Neutral Arbitrators in Contractual Arbitrations, under the authority of article VI, section 6, of the Constitution of California. California has several different types of local governments throughout

1900-414: The California Statutes ), and were also published by commercial publishers in various versions, including as a set in 1872. In lieu of an official set, unofficial annotated codes are widely available from private publishers. West publishes West's Annotated California Codes and LexisNexis publishes Deering's California Codes Annotated . Although Deering's is much older, West is the more popular of

1976-584: The California Statutes . The four original California Codes were not drafted from scratch, but were mostly adapted by the Code Commission from codes prepared for the state of New York by the great law reformer David Dudley Field II . As a result of the Gold Rush, many New York lawyers had migrated to California, including Field's brother, Stephen Johnson Field , who would ultimately serve as California's fifth Chief Justice before being appointed to

2052-598: The Judicial Council of California identifies a significant defect in California civil procedure, it must lobby the Legislature and the Governor to change the statutes, rather than merely promulgating a simple rule change. This can be problematic as even noncontroversial technical amendments may be stalled due to unrelated disputes between the Legislature and Governor. A recent example is the California Electronic Discovery Act, which

2128-775: The commander-in-chief of the Guam National Guard , whose responsibilities also include making the annual State of the Island (formerly the State of the Territory) addresses to the Guam Legislature , submitting the budget, and ensuring that Guam's public laws are enforced. The position was created in 1968, through the passage of the Guam Elected Governors Act which took effect in 1970. Guam elected its first civilian governor in 1970 with

2204-622: The commander-in-chief of the Guam National Guard, the governor, as well as the president , may call on the Guard at a moment's notice to provide defense for the island, in a state of emergency. The governor also delivers the annual State of the Island address (similar to the State of the State address in the US) to a special session of the Guam Legislature . The speech is given to satisfy

2280-645: The California Code of Civil Procedure. Thus, California case law interpreting those codes was treated as persuasive authority in Puerto Rico. In 1941, the Puerto Rican Legislative Assembly joined the nationwide movement towards transferring civil procedure and evidentiary law into a system of rules promulgated by the courts, then abolished the judicial power to promulgate rules in 1946, then reinstated it in 1952 (subject to

2356-570: The Code Commission was replaced by the California Law Revision Commission . Strangely, although there is a Code of Civil Procedure, there was never a Code of Criminal Procedure; California's law of criminal procedure is codified in Part 2 of the Penal Code. The newest code is the Family Code, which was split off from the Civil Code in 1994. Pursuant to certain broadly worded statutes, state agencies have promulgated an enormous body of regulations, which are codified in

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2432-566: The Code as a mere restatement of the common law . For example, in Li v. Yellow Cab Co. , the Supreme Court acknowledged the Legislature's original intent in enacting Civil Code section 1714 to codify a contributory negligence scheme subject to the last clear chance doctrine, then held the legislature had not intended to freeze the common law in place and proceeded to judicially adopt comparative negligence . In contrast, other codes, such as

2508-467: The Codes. The Codes form an important part of California law . However, they must be read in combination with the federal and state constitutions, federal and state case law, and the California Code of Regulations, in order to understand how they are actually interpreted and enforced in court. The Civil Code is particularly difficult to understand since the Supreme Court of California has treated parts of

2584-540: The Commission stated: "The California statutory law is in a deplorable condition ... law writers and publishers unite in considering it the worst statutory law in the country." To staff the new permanent incarnation of the Code Commission, the state Legislature simply appointed the Legislative Counsel as the secretary of the Commission. Thus, as a practical matter, most of the real work was performed by

2660-423: The Constitution of the United States, or the Constitution or laws of this State, is the rule of decision in all the courts of this State." This statute was signed into law on April 13, 1850, after several months of debate over whether California should adopt common law, civil law , or a hybrid of both. Governor Peter Hardeman Burnett touched off the debate by recommending to California's first state legislature that

2736-738: The Government House in Agaña Heights . The island's former Spanish and American military governors had lived in the Governor's Palace in the Plaza de España (Hagåtña) until its destruction in the shelling of Hagåtña during the reconquest of Guam in World War II . According to the Elective Governors Act: "No person shall be eligible for election to the office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor unless he/she

2812-552: The Governor of Guam, together with the Lieutenant Governor, shall be elected by a majority of the votes cast by the people who are qualified to vote for the members of the Legislature of Guam . The Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall be chosen jointly, by the casting by each voter of a single vote applicable to both offices. The first election for Governor and Lieutenant Governor was held on November 3, 1970, with

2888-649: The Governor of Guam. In line with traditional oath-takings, governors have traditionally palmed a Bible and have added, "So help me God!" at the end of their oaths. The Governor of Guam is sworn in by the Chief Justice of Guam . The Governor of Guam is only limited two terms as prescribed in the Elective Governors Act: However, a former governor can be re-elected once again only after a full term has passed. In 1565, Miguel López de Legazpi formally declared Spanish sovereignty over

2964-664: The Judiciary Committee in its report to the Senate in February 1850. All statutes, regulations, and ordinances are subject to judicial review . They can be overturned by any state court of record if they impermissibly amend an initiative statute, are unconstitutional under the U.S. Constitution or the California Constitution, or be overturned by a federal court if they are unconstitutional under

3040-539: The Legislative Counsel's deputies and then approved by the Code Commissioners. The Commission spent the next 24 years analyzing the massive body of uncodified law in the California Statutes and drafting almost all the other codes. By 1953, when the Code Commission completed its assigned task and issued its final report on September 1 of that year, 25 Codes were then in existence. That year,

3116-463: The Legislative Counsel's online copy, but probably should have been codified as they are laws of general application. For example, certain initiative acts could not be codified by an act of the legislature because they were originally enacted by popular vote of the electorate. The final Code Commission report of September 1, 1953 recommended that such statutes should be published in an appendix to whichever code they are most relevant and not grouped into

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3192-833: The Mariana Islands. However, there was no permanent Spanish presence on the island and it was ruled from the Philippines as part of the Spanish East Indies by the Governor-General of the Philippines . Diego Luis de San Vitores established a mission on Guam in 1668, but Francisco de Irrisari was the first person to take the title "Governor" in June 1676, amidst the Spanish-Chamorro Wars . Antonio de Saravia , who arrived in June 1681,

3268-545: The Probate Code and the Evidence Code, are considered to have fully displaced the common law, meaning that cases interpreting their provisions always try to give effect whenever possible to the Legislature's intent. As noted above, the Legislative Counsel maintains an online website with the official text of the Codes. The original four codes were printed as separate state documents in 1872 (but not as part of

3344-660: The U.S. Constitution. Pursuant to common law tradition, the courts of California have developed a large body of case law through the decisions of the Supreme Court of California and the California Courts of Appeal . The state supreme court's decisions are published in official reporters known as California Reports . The decisions of the Courts of Appeal are published in the California Appellate Reports . Both official reporters are now in their fourth series. The content of both reporters

3420-751: The U.S. Supreme Court. The strong New York influence on early California law started with the California Practice Act of 1851 (drafted with the help of Stephen Field), which was directly based upon the New York Code of Civil Procedure of 1850 (the Field Code). In turn, it was the California Practice Act that served as the foundation of the California Code of Civil Procedure. New York never enacted Field's proposed civil or political codes, and belatedly enacted his proposed penal and criminal procedure codes only after California, but they were

3496-566: The United States Supreme Court. Unpublished decisions from California courts are also an important source of information about state law, even though they cannot be cited in future cases. Technically, the Court of Appeal is obligated to publish any opinion that materially contributes to the development of California caselaw, but this rule is not strictly followed, and the Court of Appeal often fails to publish opinions until

3572-521: The appellate divisions of the superior courts (which hear appeals from infractions, misdemeanors, and "limited civil" cases) occasionally certify opinions for publication, which appear in a "Supplement" to the California Appellate Reports . The California Court Case Management System (CCMS) is the court case management and electronic court filing (e-filing) system intended for use by the several courts, though development has been stalled since 2012. Since then, all courts not yet on CCMS have resorted to

3648-426: The basis of the codes enacted by California in 1872. As noted above, the initial four codes were not fully comprehensive. As a result, California statutory law became disorganized as uncodified statutes continued to pile up in the California Statutes. After many years of on-and-off Code Commissions, the California Code Commission was finally established as a permanent government agency in 1929. In its first report,

3724-627: The celebrities whose marital disputes were litigated before the Supreme Court of California. Celebrities' spouses often attempt to establish California jurisdiction over marital disputes, since the state's community property system (under which a 50/50 split of marital assets is strictly mandated by statute) is more favorable to the noncelebrity spouse who earned less during the marriage than the celebrity spouse. The widespread distribution of Hollywood motion pictures and television shows has given millions of media consumers worldwide some degree of superficial familiarity with California law. For example,

3800-450: The election of Governor Carlos Camacho and Lt. Governor Kurt Moylan . Beginning in 1974, Guam's Governor and Lieutenant Governor is elected by direct vote , on the first Tuesday of November. The Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall hold office for a term of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified. The Governor of Guam usually takes the oath of office on the first Monday of January. In past inaugurations, however,

3876-509: The first anti- stalking law anywhere in the United States (which inspired the enactment of similar laws across the country). Celebrities' marital problems (and their ability to pay to litigate them thoroughly) have resulted in a very detailed Family Code, a rich corpus of family case law, and a large number of family law specialists officially certified by the State Bar of California. Lee Marvin , Barry Bonds , and Frankie Valli are among

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3952-435: The first in the United States to begin carving out exceptions to at-will employment , in 1959. The California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Sec. 21000, et seq. ) (CEQA) has far more lenient standing requirements than the federal National Environmental Policy Act , with the result that it is much easier for California landowners to sue each other than comparable landowners in other states. California

4028-427: The general statutory law, and most state agency regulations are available in the California Code of Regulations . The Constitution of California is the foremost source of state law. Legislation is enacted within the California Statutes , which in turn have been codified into the 29 California Codes . State agencies promulgate regulations with the California Regulatory Notice Register , which are in turn codified in

4104-409: The governor-elect and lieutenant governor-elect would take the oath of office past midnight on Monday morning. Traditionally, the lieutenant governor-elect takes the oath first and delivers his inaugural remarks, followed then by the incoming governor-elect. As soon as the governor takes the oath of office, four ruffles and flourishes are played then followed by " The Stars and Stripes Forever " and

4180-468: The inauguration of former governor Carlos Camacho . The current governor is Lou Leon Guerrero , a Democrat who was inaugurated on January 7, 2019, following her election in 2018 . The governor has a duty to enforce Guam's public laws, the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Guam Legislature , to convene the legislature, and to commute or grant pardons to criminal sentences , except in cases of treason and impeachment. The governor

4256-421: The law, and each of the volumes is authored by a panel of judges and lawyers with special expertise in the particular topic. Collectively, these volumes have been cited thousands of times in judicial opinions. Because California law is enormous, it is necessary to focus only on a few features which are unique to California law, when compared to the laws of its sister states as well as federal law. California has

4332-450: The legislature replaced the Code Commission with the California Law Revision Commission . Since then, the CLRC has been tasked with regularly reviewing the codes and proposing various amendments to the legislature. Most of these are simple maintenance amendments to ensure that statutory cross-references are properly updated to add new laws or omit laws which no longer exist. The newest code

4408-403: The majority of states, contract law is fully codified in the Civil Code (which even includes details such as a definition of consideration ). However, the Restatement of Contracts (Second) is also used by California courts. Non-compete clauses are automatically void except for a small number of exceptions. Evidence privileges are fully codified in the California Evidence Code (meaning if it

4484-401: The ordinances are misdemeanor crimes, unless otherwise specified as infractions . California's legal system is based on common law . Like all U.S. states except Louisiana , California has a reception statute providing for the "reception" of English law . California Civil Code Section 22.2 is as follows: "The common law of England, so far as it is not repugnant to or inconsistent with

4560-655: The out-of-state decisions disagree with one another. However, this occurs less in California than in smaller jurisdictions, because the state's tremendous size guarantees that most legal issues have already been decided by some prior California court. Decisions from federal courts are also frequently cited as a source of persuasive authority about California law, even by the California Supreme Court. Although California courts have no obligation to follow federal precedents about matters of state law, they generally follow federal decisions on issues of federal law, even though they are only required to do so when an issue has been settled by

4636-421: The people. ) This means that all criminal prosecutions and all enacted laws are done in the name of "the People", rather than "the State" or "the Commonwealth" as in much of the United States. The preambles of the state's two open meeting laws, the Brown Act and the Bagley-Keene Act , both contain the sentence: "The people of this state do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies which serve them." California

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4712-439: The portions of appellate opinions known as dicta , in which a court discusses legal issues that it is not obligated to decide in the case before it. Dicta from the California Supreme Court is entitled to great weight, and the Court of Appeal rarely exercises its power to disregard the high court's gratuitous statements about California law. Cases from other states are often cited in California appellate opinions, particularly when

4788-401: The powers as the Governor of Guam, the governor must take an oath of office : I, (name), duly elected Governor of Guam, do solemnly swear, in the presence of the Almighty God, that I will well and faithfully support the Constitution of the United States, the laws of the United States applicable to Guam, and the laws of Guam, and that I will conscientiously and impartially discharge my duties as

4864-463: The regional Pacific Reporter and the state-specific California Reporter (both now in their third series). All Supreme Court decisions are published, but less than 10% of Court of Appeal decisions are published. "Unpublished" decisions handed down after 1980 are generally available through the LexisNexis and Westlaw databases, but are useful only for academic researchers or as an aid in finding relevant published decisions. An unpublished decision in

4940-433: The right of the legislature to amend court rules before they went into effect). Eventually, after much of its content was superseded by the Rules of Civil Procedure and the Rules of Evidence, most of the Code of Civil Procedure of Puerto Rico was rendered obsolete and was therefore repealed. However, although the Penal Code of Puerto Rico underwent extensive recodification and renumbering in 1974, many of its sections still bear

5016-420: The section numbered 437), the "subdivision" prefix must be used when citing any subsection of all California statutes. Similar to New York, but unlike most other states and the federal judiciary, nearly all of California civil procedure law is located in the Code of Civil Procedure (a statute) rather than in the California Rules of Court (a set of regulations promulgated by the judiciary). Therefore, whenever

5092-436: The section numbers of the California Penal Code have become familiar to viewers around the world. Section 187 (murder) is probably the most well-known. The Unruh Civil Rights Act and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act are among the most powerful civil rights laws in the United States. Both offer much broader coverage and more generous remedies than their federal equivalents. California appellate courts were

5168-482: The state archives to recover and compile such opinions, which were published in a separate reporter called California Unreported Cases starting in 1913. Despite the reporter's name, those decisions are also citable as precedent, since they would have been published but for the court's severely disorganized condition at the time they were issued. The orders and decisions of the Superior Courts of California in their capacity as trial courts are never published. However,

5244-415: The state of the law. These include opinions by federal courts on state law, and opinions of other state courts on relevant issues. The foremost source of state law is the Constitution of California , which like other state constitutions derives its power and legitimacy from the sovereignty of the people . The California Constitution in turn is subordinate to the Constitution of the United States , which

5320-405: The state should borrow Louisiana's Civil Code and Code of Practice (that state's name for a code of civil procedure) and use the common law for everything else. A minority of lawyers led by John W. Dwinelle wanted to adopt the civil law, but the majority of lawyers and Senate Judiciary Committee chair Elisha Oscar Crosby wanted to adopt the common law, and the latter position was duly adopted by

5396-973: The state. California is divided into 58 counties , including San Francisco (a consolidated city–county with the powers of both types of entities) and municipal areas incorporated as cities . All of the state's territory is within one of the counties, but not all of it is within the boundaries of a city; the areas not under city control are called unincorporated areas and are directly managed by county governments. School districts , which are independent of cities and counties, handle public education. Many other functions, especially in unincorporated areas, are handled by special districts , which include municipal utility districts , transit districts , vector control districts, and geologic hazard abatement districts. Counties and incorporated cities may promulgate ordinances which are usually codified in county codes and city codes, respectively. Every act prohibited or declared unlawful, and every failure to perform an act required, by

5472-406: The two annotated codes. Libraries that lack sufficient shelf space to carry both codes—usually because they are small law libraries, public libraries serving the general public (as distinguished from public law libraries), or out-of-state libraries—usually carry only West and omit Deering's . There are also a handful of relatively minor statutes which were never codified and are not included in

5548-562: The two. A typical example of this problem was in California consumer law, where an injured consumer previously could attempt to sue on behalf of all similarly injured consumers under the Unfair Competition Law and the Consumers Legal Remedies Act until 2004 when voters enacted Proposition 64 requiring the person filing suit to claim to be aggrieved by the alleged violation(s). The second oddity

5624-406: Was a one- or two-year temporary agency which either closed at the end of the authorized period or was reauthorized and rolled over into the next period; thus, in some years there was no Code Commission. The first four codes enacted in 1872 were the Civil Code, the Code of Civil Procedure, the Penal Code, and the Political Code. Statutes that did not fit these categories were simply left uncodified in

5700-515: Was the first to receive his appointment as governor from the Spanish throne, meaning that, technically, he was no longer subordinate to rule from the Philippines or Mexico.     Democratic (4)         Republican (5) California law The law of California consists of several levels, including constitutional , statutory , and regulatory law , as well as case law . The California Codes form

5776-475: Was vetoed in October 2008 (along with many other bills) by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger simply as his expression of disgust with the Legislature's inability to fix the state's dysfunctional budget, rather than because of any substantive defect in the bill itself. The Electronic Discovery Act had to be reintroduced in the next legislative session and was finally signed by the Governor on June 29, 2009. Unlike

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