State law refers to the law of a
federated state
A federated state (also State (polity), state, province, region, Canton (administrative division), canton, Länder, land, governorate, oblast, emirate, or country) is a territorial and constitutional community forming part of a federation ...
, as distinguished from the law of the
federation
A federation (also called a federal state) is an entity characterized by a political union, union of partially federated state, self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a #Federal governments, federal government (federalism) ...
of which it is a part. It is used when the constituent components of a federation are themselves called states. Federations made up of provinces, cantons, or other units use analogous terms like provincial law or cantonal law.
State law may refer to:
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State law (Australia)
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State law (Brazil)
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State law (Germany)
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State law (India)
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State law (Mexico)
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State law (Nigeria)
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State law (United States)
In the United States, state law refers to the law of each separate U.S. state.
The fifty states are separate sovereignty, sovereigns, with their own State constitution (United States), state constitutions, State governments of the United States ...
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State law (Venezuela)
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