English Commercial Law – Uniform Law in the United States
In the US, laws can be passed by both the federal government and the several states. Additionally, the common law continues to apply in some areas of the law. It is preferable that there be uniform law on specific matters that is applicable in all states, especially in the area of commerce. As a result, a group of attorneys chosen by the states known as the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCUSL) was established in 1892. It supervises the creation of draft "uniform legislation" that all US states are urged to enact. It has created more than 200 standard laws since it was founded, the most well-known of which being the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), which was originally published in 1952. A uniform law is not a law in and of itself once it has been drafted. It is merely a legislative suggestion made to the states, which they may approve entirely, partially, or with certain modifications. It becomes part of the state's code of statutes once it has been enacted by the state. The versions that different states adopt may not always be the same. For instance, while Louisiana has embraced portions of the UCC, it has not done so in its whole (for instance, Louisiana state law does not include Article 2, which will be discussed later). The American Law Institute has created "Restatements" for areas of law that are regulated by common law. These are revisions to the law in that field, such as the Second Restatement of the Law of Contract, which aims to "codify, simplify, and unify" the common law as it relates to contracts.
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