Concept information
Preferred term
statutes
Definition
- Statutes, in their most basic form, are the written laws that govern our daily lives and operations. These laws are written by legislative bodies at the state and federal levels, and, in the United States, are the most fundamental source of law. [Source: Encyclopedia of Education Law; Statute]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- Age Discrimination in Employment Act
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- Civil Rights Act of 1871, Section 1983
- Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Civil Rights Restoration Act
- Clery Act
- Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act
- Digital Millennium Copyright Act
- Equal Educational Opportunities Act
- Equal Pay Act
- Family and Medical Leave Act
- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
- Higher Education Act
- Immigration Reform and Control Act
- Morrill Acts
- National Labor Relations Act
- Religious Freedom Restoration Act
- Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
- Stafford Act
- tax exemptions for colleges and universities
- Title IX and athletics
- Title IX and retaliation
- Title IX and sexual harassment
- Title VI
- Title VII
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/statutes
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