State, Federal and International Law

The law enforcement in the United States of America is constituted of multiple levels of coded and decoded forms of law. The most significant of them is the United States Constitution which acts as the base of the federal government of the United States. The boundaries of federal law are set by the constitution. It is made up of constitutional acts of the Congress, constitutional agreements approved by the Congress, various constitutional guidelines propagated by the executive branch and the case law derived from the federal judiciary.

State Law:

All the 50 states of the USA are separate and autonomous, having their own state constitutions, state courts and state governments. They keep hold of their plenary power to create laws covering almost everything not anticipated by the federal decree, federal constitution or international pacts sanctioned by the federal senate. The laws that were being framed are based on the common law of England, an exception being Louisiana.

Federal Law:

The constitution is the origin for federal law. Almost all the laws are codified in the United States Code. Initially, the federal laws were focused on areas where articulate grant of power to the federal government in the federal constitution like the money, foreign affairs, military and intellectual properties. Only one federal court is there which unites all state courts as to the understanding of federal law and the federal constitution, the Supreme Court of the USA itself.

International Law:

When it comes to comes to dealing with issues outside the country, an entirely different strategy comes to the fore. This where the international laws set by the government of the United States comes into play. Various peace treaties and pacts are always maintained properly in order to avoid any misunderstandings. It constitutes the laws the rules and guidelines that oversee the relations with the neighboring countries. The sources of these laws are the conventional and the customary laws. The international law enforces certain duties upon the nations with respect to individuals.

Questions

• Does the state law differ in all the states?
• What are the sources of international law?