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Dec 16, 2019 the revised code of washington rcw is the compilation of all permanent laws now in force. The national indian law library nill of the native american rights fund is a law library devoted to federal indian and tribal law. American law collection primary and secondary legal materials of all kinds and on all subjects relating to the law of the united states, the fifty states, and affiliated territories are collected. The first english settlers on the atlantic seaboard of north america brought with them only elementary notions of law. Available also through the library of congress web site in two forms.
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