List of legislation named for a person

This is a list of legislation with popular names (of people), often the member of Parliament/Congress responsible for it or a law named for a person of notoriety that prompted enactment of the legislation.^[1]^[2] Some of these Acts acquired their names because short titles were not used, and some now have different short titles. Popular names are generally informal (such as Megan's law) but may reflect the official short title of the legislation.

Roman law

United Kingdom and predecessor states

Bovill's Act (the Partnership Amendment Act 1865)
The Coventry Act
Crewe's Act
Deasy's Act
Denman's Act
Fox's Act
Jervis' Act
Lord Birkenhead's Acts
Lord Brougham's Act
Lord Cairns' Act

Lord Campbell's Act:
- The Libel Act 1843 (6 & 7 Vict. c.96)
- The Fatal Accidents Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c.93)
- The Obscene Publications Act 1857
Lord Cranworth's Act (23 & 24 Vict c 145) (1860)
Lord Ellenborough's Act
Lord Hardwicke's Act
Lord Kingsdown's Act (the Wills Act 1861)
Lord Tenterden's Act

Malin's Act (the Married Women's Reversionary Interests Act 1857 (20 & 21 Vict c 57))
Palmer's Act
Peel's Acts
Poynings' Law
Preston's Act (55 Geo 3 c 192) (1815)
Sarah's Law (officially the Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme)
Sophia Naturalization Act 1705
Strode's Act
The Thellusson Act

United States

References

↑ "Popular Names of Acts in US Code". Cornell Law School. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
↑ "Popular Names of Laws". Pollak Library California State University Fullerton. Retrieved 2011-10-29.

United Kingdom legislation

Pre-Parliamentary legislation	List of English statutes Charter of Liberties Magna Carta

Acts of Parliament by states preceding the Kingdom of Great Britain	Acts of the Parliament of England to 1483 1485–1601 1603–1641 Interregnum (1642–1660) 1660–1699 1700–1706 Acts of the Parliament of Scotland

Acts of Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain	1707–1719 1720–1739 1740–1759 1760–1779 1780–1800

Acts of the Parliament of Ireland	to 1700 1701–1800

Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	1801–1819 1820–1839 1840–1859 1860–1879 1880–1899 1900–1919 1920–1939 1940–1959 1960–1979 1980–1999 2000 to date Halsbury's Statutes Legislation.gov.uk Short titles

Church of England measures	List Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919

Legislation of devolved institutions	Acts of the Scottish Parliament List Acts and Measures of the National Assembly for Wales List Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly List Acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland List Orders in Council for Northern Ireland List

Orders-in-Council	Order in Council

Secondary legislation	United Kingdom Statutory Instruments Scottish Statutory Instruments Acts of Sederunt Acts of Adjournal

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List of legislation named for a person

Roman law

United Kingdom and predecessor states

United States

See also

References