Statutes are published in books called codes, which present laws for a particular jurisdiction arranged by subject.
Many codes are published in two editions – the official edition and an annotated edition with notes about related cases and articles.
Statute citations have a volume, the name of the cited code, a section, and a date:
Example: 42 U.S.C. § 7706(a) (1994).
- 42 = Volume that contains the statue
- U.S.C. = Abbreviation for the code
- 7706(a) = Section of the code being cited
- 1994 = Year the code volume was published