Adherence to and violation of specific laws, major and minor, can be used to move plots forward in science fiction as in any other genre.
List of Statutes
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AEdit
- Academic Freedom Bill of Rights - Frederic C. Rich's novel Christian Nation
- Alaskan Settlement Act - Michael Chabon's alternative history novel The Yiddish Policeman's Union
BEdit
- Bus Enterprise Terrorism Act (to repress civil rights protests) - Will Potter's 2011 nonfiction book Green is the New Red, p. 168
CEdit
- Conduct Unbecoming a United States Marine - A Few Good Men 1992 film
EEdit
- Enterprise Protection Act - Johanna Sinisalo's novel The Blood of Angels, Pp. 190-191
- Equalization Law (population control) - Robert Silverberg's novel Master of Life and Death
FEdit
- Fairness in Hell Act of 2275 - Futurama universe
- Freedom From Information Act - Hillary Jordan's When She Woke: A Novel, p. 74
GEdit
- Galactic Artificial Sentience Prohibition Act of 2998 (GASP) - Robert Kroese's novel Starship Grifters and novella Aye Robot: A Rex Nihilo Adventure
HEdit
- Haden Research Initiating Act - John Scalzi's novel Lock In
- Houses of Worship Free Speech Restoration Act - Frederic C. Rich's novel Christian Nation
IEdit
- Impact Preparation Security and Stabilization Act (IPSSA) - Ben H. Winters's novel The Last Policeman
LEdit
- Lunch Counter Terrorism Act (to repress civil rights protests) - Will Potter's 2011 nonfiction book Green is the New Red, p.168
MEdit
- Michigan Resettlement Act - David Brin's novel Existence, p. 44
NEdit
- National Firearms Registration and Responsibility Act' - Arthur C. Clarke and Muchael Kube-McDowell's novel The Trigger, p. 205
PEdit
- Preschooler Empowerment Act - James Morrow's novel This is the Way the World Ends, p. 185
- Population Law 3903 - Margaret Peterson Haddix's novel Among the Hidden
- Proposition 653 - Altered Carbon television series
- Prime Directive - Star Trek universe
REdit
- Revised Space Recautionary Act - Robert A. Heinlein's novel Methusaleh's Children
SEdit
- Section 5 of the TerCon Postwar Pact - James Lovegrove's novel World of Fire
- Settlement Regulations - D.G. Compton's novel Farewell, Earth's Bliss
- Sustainable Future Act (fossil fuel prohibition) - Omar El Akkad's novel American War, p. 22
TEdit
- Three Laws of Robotics - Isaac Asimov's I Robots universe
- Timmler Act - Yahtzee Crosshaw's novel Will Save The Galaxy For Food, p. 234
- Trade Union Enactment - Anthony Burgess's novel 1985, p. 136
YEdit
- Yanthus Prime Controlled Substance Act - Robert Kroese's short story "The Yanthus Prime Job"
Fictional lLaws in Other GenresEdit
- Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIPA-18) - Bodyguard 2018 miniseries
