Fictional laws

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 StatutesEdit

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

UEdit

• Ultra Patriot Act - Charles Wohlforth and Amanda R. Hendrix's nonfiction book Beyond Earth, p. 133

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

LinksEdit

• Fictional Treaties
• Fictional Security Agencies
• Fictional Court Cases
• Deep State

External LinksEdit

• Five Great Fictional Laws