Talk:Federal law

no overnight parking on Wabash Avenue is allowed. these statement is a federal law?

Theories on Law in Commonwealth / US
The current intro says:
 * A federal government is formed when a group of political units, such as states or provinces join together in a federation, surrendering their individual sovereignty and many powers to the central government while retaining or reserving other limited powers as.

That describes the formation of the US Federal Government very well (and the Swiss one too) based on US concepts of sovereignty flowing upwards from the States to the Union. But that's not how (most) people see the federal government of Canada. Here sovereignly flows down from the Crown. In fact the Canadian government was created by an act of the British parliament. The Canadian federal government was created to replace many of London's roles and powers over the provinces, the provinces did not create the federal government (of course there are dissenting views). I think that people in other commonwealth federations like Australia and India probably also recognise that their federal governments were not created by the states, but by Britain. As well the reserve powers in Canada lie with the federal government, not with the provinces.

There should be a broader, less US-centered definition in the intro, and then we create seperate intros for each country to explain the differences. Thanks. Kevlar67 14:41, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Still needs globalising
Tag should at least go on the talk page. Kevlar67 07:38, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Inconsistency b/w State and Federal Laws; Immunity from Federal Laws
Inconsistency In case of inconsistency between otherwise validly made federal and state laws, federal laws prevail. State laws are invalid to the extent that they are inconsistent with federal laws.

Immunity In Australia, States are 'immune' from federal laws that impede their ability to discharge government functions: Austin v Commonwealth. Is this the case in, for example, Canada, the United States, etc? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.175.172.156 (talk) 00:29, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Text of Federal Statutes
Where can you find the latest text of Federal statutes that is updated quickly after being signed into law by the President? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.131.4.247 (talk) 02:06, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Is this page even worth keeping?
It has no citations and the topic is or can be covered in other articles, with links from the Federal law DAB page. I don't think that it's serving any useful purpose as it stands. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 17:46, 23 September 2019 (UTC)