This is a list of legislation

Legislation

Legislation is law which has been promulgated by a legislature or other governing body, or the process of making it...

 with popular names (of people), typically the member of Parliament/Congress responsible for it or a law named for a person of noterity that prompted enactment of the legislation.; Popular names are also known as short title

Short title

The short title is the formal name by which a piece of primary legislation may by law be cited in the United Kingdom and other Westminster-influenced jurisdictions , as well as the United States. It contrasts with the long title which, while usually being more fully descriptive of the...

s in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

. Some of these Acts acquired their names because short titles were not used, and some now have different short titles. Popular names are generally informal (such as Megan's law

Megan's Law

Megan's Law is an informal name for laws in the United States requiring law enforcement authorities to make information available to the public regarding registered sex offenders. Individual states decide what information will be made available and how it should be disseminated...

) but may reflect the official short title of the legislation.

United Kingdom and predecessor states

• Bovill's Act (the Partnership Amendment Act 1865)
• The Coventry Act
• Crewe's Act
• Denman's Act
• Fox's Act
• Jervis' Act
• Lord Birkenhead's Acts
• Lord Brougham's Act
• Lord Cairns' Act

• Lord Campbell's Act:
  • The Libel Act 1843
    Libel Act 1843
    The Libel Act 1843, commonly known as Lord Campbell's Libel Act, was a Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It enacted several important codifications of and modifications to the common law tort of libel....
    
     (6 & 7 Vict. c.96)
  • The Fatal Accidents Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c.93)
  • The Obscene Publications Act 1857
    Obscene Publications Act 1857
    The Obscene Publications Act 1857 , also known as Lord Campbell's Act or Campbell's Act, was a major piece of obscenity legislation in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
    
    
• Lord Cranworth's Act (23 & 24 Vict c 145) (1860)
• Lord Ellenborough's Act
• Lord Hardwicke's Act
• Lord Kingsdown's Act (the Wills Act 1861)
• Lord Tenterden's Act

• Malin's Act (the Married Women's Reversionary Interests Act 1857 (20 & 21 Vict c 57))
• Palmer's Act
• Peel's Acts
  Peel's Acts
  Peel's Acts were Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. They consolidated provisions from a large number of earlier statutes which were then repealed. Their purpose was to simplify the criminal law...
  
  
• Poynings' Law
• Preston's Act (55 Geo 3 c 192) (1815)
• Strode's Act
• The Thellusson Act

United States

• The Bland–Allison Act
• Jennifer's Law
  Jennifer's Law
  Jennifer's Law is a law in the state of Texas, in the United States that was created as a result of the murder of Jennifer Ann Crecente in Austin, Texas. She was a Senior in high school and murdered a few months before her graduation...
  
  
• Jessica's Law
  Jessica's Law
  Jessica's Law is the informal name given to a 2005 Florida law, as well as laws in several other states, designed to punish sex offenders and reduce their ability to re-offend...
  
  

• Jonathan's Law
  Jonathan's Law
  Jonathan's Law, a New York statute co-sponsored by Harvey Weisenberg signed into law in May 2007, by governor Elliot Spitzer, entitles parents and legal guardians access to all child abuse investigation files and medical history records....
  
  
• Megan's Law
  Megan's Law
  Megan's Law is an informal name for laws in the United States requiring law enforcement authorities to make information available to the public regarding registered sex offenders. Individual states decide what information will be made available and how it should be disseminated...
  
  

• Pamela's Law
  Pamela's Law
  Pamela's Law is legislation that was passed in 2011 by the New Jersey Legislature and signed by Governor Chris Christie that bans the sale or possession of methylenedioxypyrovalerone.-History:...
  
  
• The Nelson Act