National law is a set of laws that governs a specific nation or state. These laws can be created by the legislature, judiciary or executive branch of a country’s government.

Congress creates and passes bills that are signed by the president. Federal courts review these bills and decide if they agree with the Constitution.

Individual laws, also called acts, are arranged by subject in the United States Code. These are different from regulations, which are rules made by executive departments and agencies. Regulations are published yearly in the Code of Federal Regulations.

Compilations of laws are collections of individual acts in their current, amended forms with cross-references to the United States Code for ease of use. These are useful for researching federal laws.

Law Library of Congress Find new public and private laws with the U.S. Code, statutes and public laws guides for each session of Congress.

The United States Code is a collection of public laws arranged by subject into 50 titles. It collates the original law with subsequent amendments and deletes language that has later been repealed or superseded.

ICC Statute Implementation

Switzerland has taken a two-fold approach to integrating the Genocide Convention into its domestic law: it has added Title 12bis to its penal code and incorporated the provisions of the ICC Statute into domestic law via a “transformational” device. The act allows full cooperation with the ICC and increases the nation’s capacity to prosecute extraterritorial crimes.