Statute

---
name: "statute"
version: "1.0.0"
description: "Legal statutes reference — statutory interpretation, legislative process, types of statutes, and citation formats. Use when researching laws, understanding statutory construction, or analyzing legislative text."
author: "BytesAgain"
homepage: "https://bytesagain.com"
source: "https://github.com/bytesagain/ai-skills"
tags: [statute, law, legislation, statutory-interpretation, legal, regulation, code]
category: "legal"
---

# Statute — Legal Statutes Reference

Quick-reference skill for understanding statutes, legislative structure, and statutory interpretation.

## When to Use

- Understanding how statutes are structured and organized
- Interpreting statutory language and legislative intent
- Researching the legislative process (bill to law)
- Citing statutes correctly in legal documents
- Comparing common law vs statutory law

## Commands

### `intro`

```bash
scripts/script.sh intro
```

Overview of statutes — definition, types, hierarchy of law.

### `process`

```bash
scripts/script.sh process
```

How a bill becomes law — the legislative process step by step.

### `structure`

```bash
scripts/script.sh structure
```

Anatomy of a statute — titles, chapters, sections, subsections.

### `interpretation`

```bash
scripts/script.sh interpretation
```

Statutory interpretation — canons of construction, textualism, purposivism.

### `types`

```bash
scripts/script.sh types
```

Types of statutes — criminal, civil, procedural, enabling, remedial.

### `citation`

```bash
scripts/script.sh citation
```

How to cite statutes — Bluebook, ALWD, and practical formats.

### `examples`

```bash
scripts/script.sh examples
```

Notable statutes and their impact — landmark U.S. legislation.

### `checklist`

```bash
scripts/script.sh checklist
```

Statutory research checklist for legal analysis.

### `help`

```bash
scripts/script.sh help
```

### `version`

```bash
scripts/script.sh version
```

## Configuration

| Variable | Description |
|----------|-------------|
| `STATUTE_DIR` | Data directory (default: ~/.statute/) |

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