Original post author: Ryan Sorry for not posting in a long time. I am fairly busy lately preparing for my upcoming exam. Also, I am in the process of writing a somewhat longer post which I hope to publish sometime soon. My upcoming exam can have questions related to OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) regulations, which are developed by our government. While physical copies of the OSHA regulations are available for purchase, I figured that they must be free online somewhere since they are actually a part of the law. ...and I was right. I ended up printing out the portions of the OSHA regulations that I need. I was pleased to find out that the U.S. "laws" are available for free online. In hindsight, this totally makes sense - after all, we are all expected to abide by these laws - we should at least be able to read them for free. Anyways, if you're ever curious, here is how you can review U.S. law online. General disclaimer: I'm soooo far from being a lawyer that I literally just now learned that the laws are available for me to read for free. I might have incorrect information below. First of all, there are several types of law in this country. There is statutory law, which is written by our actual legislators. This is called the "United States Code" and you can read it here. As you can imagine, it's absolutely massive. Title 18, Chapter 51, Section 1111 is where it says you can't murder people. Title 27, Chapter 2, Sections 11 to 40 contained the prohibition of alcohol - if you look now, it says it's repealed. Title 52, Chapter 101, Section 10101 is where it says that any person can vote. Then there is administrative law, which is written by government agencies, such as the FAA, OSHA, the NRC, the EPA, etc. This is called the "Code of Federal Regulations", and it can be read here. Title 14, Chapter III, Subchapter C, Part 413, Section 413.3 says that you need to obtain a license before you launch a space shuttle. Title 29, Subtitle B, Chapter 5, Subchapter A, Part 570.2 says that you cant employ children younger than 16 (with a few exceptions). I think you get the idea. The third kind of law is common law (also known as case law), which is when a court makes a ruling or decision which is then used as law. As far as I know, these aren't really listed on a government website - but they aren't really laws. They are more of a very strong precedent.
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