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

• Lex Canuleia
• Lex Ogulnia
• Lex Papia Poppaea
• Lex Trebonia
• Lex Voconia

Argentina

• Yolanda's Law

Brazil

• Afonso Arinos Law[3]
• Aldir Blanc Law[4]
• Carolina Dieckmann Law[5]
• Eusébio de Queirós Law^[citation needed]
• Falcão Law[6]
• Feijó Law[7]
• Kandir Law[8]
• Maria da Penha Law[9]
• Mariana Ferrer Law[10]
• Pelé Law[11]
• Rouanet Law[12]
• Ruth Brilhante Law[13][14]
• Saraiva Law[15]

Canada

• Jordan's Principle
• Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law)

India

• Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005

United Kingdom and predecessor states

• Bovill's Act (the Partnership Amendment Act 1865)
• Clare's Law
• The Coventry Act
• Crewe's Act
• Deasy's Act
• Denman's Act
• Fox's Act
• Handel's Naturalisation Act 1727
• Harper's Law
• 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
• Lucy's Law
• Malin's Act (the Married Women's Reversionary Interests Act 1857 (20 & 21 Vict c 57))
• Palmer's Act
• Peel's Acts
• Poynings' Law (disambiguation)
• 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

• The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act
• Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act of 2018
• Andre's Law
• Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Act of 1996
• The Bland–Allison Act
• The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act
• Brett's Law
• Caylee's Law
• The Comstock Law
• The Copyright Term Extension Act, sometimes called the Sonny Bono Act
• The Coogan Act
• Emily's Law
• Emmett Till Antilynching Act
• The Hatch Act of 1939
• Jarod's Law
• Jennifer's Law (disambiguation)
• Jessica's Law
• Jonathan's Law
• Kendra's Law
• Lavinia Masters Act[16][17]
• Leandra's Law
• The Mann Act
• The Matthew Shepard Act
• Marsy’s Law
• Megan's Law
• Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act
• The Music Modernization Act, sometimes called the Orrin G. Hatch–Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act
• The Nelson Act
• Pamela's Law
• Reagan Tokes Act
• The Ryan White CARE Act
• Sami’s Law
• The Sherman Antitrust Act
• The Volstead Act
• The Zacky Bill
• The Wetterling Act
• The Pure Food and Drug Act, sometimes called the Wiley Act or Dr. Wiley's Law

See also

• List of short titles
• List of legislation named for a place

References

1. "Popular Names of Acts in US Code". Cornell Law School. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
2. "Popular Names of Laws". Pollak Library California State University Fullerton. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
3. Campos, Walter de Oliveira [UNESP (2015-01-01). "Racial discrimination and press in the early 1950s: a portrait of Afonso Arinos Law in its conception and birth". Patrimonio e Memoria: 283. ISSN 1808-1967.
4. www.studiogt.com.br, STUDIOGT-Desenvolvimento de sites-. "Debate on the Aldir Blanc Cultural Emergency Law, next Friday - IFCH". www.ufrgs.br. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
5. "Conteúdo Jurídico". Conteúdo Jurídico (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-05-14.
6. "Há 40 anos, Lei Falcão reduzia campanha eleitoral na TV a 'lista de chamada'". Senado Federal (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-05-14.
7. "Two Centuries of Conning the 'British': The History of the Expression 'É Para Inglês Ver,' or 'It's for the English to See' and Its Modern Offshoots". RioOnWatch. 2015-05-28. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
8. Dall'Acqua, Fernando Maida (2005-11-24). "O impacto da Lei Kandir sobre a economia paulista". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
9. "Maria da Penha: The woman who changed Brazil's domestic violence laws". BBC News. 2016-09-22. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
10. "L14245". www.planalto.gov.br. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
11. "BBC News | AMERICAS | Pele Law on sports introduced in Brazil". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
12. "The Rouanet Law: funding cultural projects or a creative industry in Brazil?". FGV EAESP Pesquisas e Publicações (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2019-08-16. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
13. Morosini, Márcia Valéria; Fonseca, Angélica Ferreira (September 2018). "Community workers in Primary Health Care in Brazil: an inventory of achievements and challenges" (PDF). Saúde em Debate. 42: 261–274. doi:10.1590/0103-11042018S117. ISSN 0103-1104. S2CID 150164279.
14. "Fique por Dentro da Lei: Lei Ruth Brilhante". www12.senado.leg.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-05-14.
15. Ferraro, Alceu Ravanello (December 2013). "Education, class, gender and the vote in imperial Brazil: the Saraiva Law - 1881". Educar em Revista (50): 181–206. doi:10.1590/S0104-40602013000400012. hdl:10183/112030. ISSN 0104-4060.
16. Cantú, Fred (2019-06-04). "Governor signs HB 8 into law to end backlog of rape test kits in sex assault cases". KEYE. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
17. "She was raped at 13. Her case sat untouched for 21 years. Now she's changed the law". Dallas News. 2019-06-20. Retrieved 2021-08-03.