Trending Law — September 2026
The 99 most-viewed law on Wikipedia, September 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: sharia. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
1,876,415
Total Views (September 2026)
1
sharia
Islamic law
84,512
views
views
2
Code of Hammurabi
Babylonian code of law or conduct
81,902
views
views
3
public domain
no exclusive intellectual property rights apply
65,179
views
views
4
Marshall Plan
American initiative for foreign aid to Western Europe following World War II
44,939
views
views
5
Kobe child murders
Japanese double-murder case
41,994
views
views
6
One Big Beautiful Bill Act
2025 United States budget reconciliation law
41,623
views
views
7
Geneva Conventions
the standards of international law for humanitarian treatment in war
41,411
views
views
8
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
declaration adopted in 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly
41,393
views
views
9
Constitution of India
Supreme law of India (1950-present)
39,966
views
views
10
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
U.S. law
37,444
views
views
11
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
1868 amendment addressing citizenship rights, civil and political liberties
33,272
views
views
12
Patriot Act
2001 United States anti-terrorism law
31,451
views
views
13
Title IX
US 1972 congress act
27,787
views
views
14
Articles of Confederation
first constitution of the United States (1781–1789)
27,598
views
views
15
Sayama Incident
1963 murder
26,679
views
views
16
Civil Rights Act of 1964
landmark U.S. civil rights and labor law
26,467
views
views
17
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
U.S. federal statute known as Obamacare
26,052
views
views
18
Emancipation Proclamation
executive order issued by president Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863 that freed southern slaves
25,754
views
views
19
Lend-Lease
United States foreign policy during World War II
25,692
views
views
20
denazification
process by which former civilian and military members of Nazi Germany, under Allied Control Council authority, participated in abandonment of Nazi principles
24,912
views
views
21
Controlled Substances Act
United States anti-drug law
23,952
views
views
22
uniform civil code of India
proposition for uniform codified personal law in India that is not respect to religion
23,742
views
views
23
No Child Left Behind Act
2002 United States education reform law; repealed 2015
23,513
views
views
24
Salic law
major body of Frankish law governing all the Franks of Frankia under the rule of its kings during the Old Frankish Period
23,201
views
views
25
Civil Code of the French
civil code of 1804
23,189
views
views
26
Halakha
Jewish rabbinical law
22,901
views
views
27
Ōmuta murders
gang killings in Japan
22,516
views
views
28
Nagoya Avec Murder
1988 murder and rape case in Nagoya, Japan
22,280
views
views
29
Sarbanes–Oxley Act
United States law covering finance and accountability
21,469
views
views
30
Wakayama poison curry case
Mass murder in Wakayama, Japan in July 1998
21,431
views
views
31
光市母子殺害事件
20,897
views
views
32
Didache
1st-century Koine Greek Christian text
20,765
views
views
33
document
form for preservation of structured and identified information
20,119
views
views
34
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
United States federal law concerning health information
19,144
views
views
35
福岡海の中道大橋飲酒運転事故
18,038
views
views
36
Outer Space Treaty
treaty that forms the basis of international space law
18,038
views
views
37
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
international maritime law
17,811
views
views
38
Onion Futures Act
1958 United States law
17,094
views
views
39
Mann Act
1910 Act of the United States Congress
16,751
views
views
40
Epstein Files Transparency Act
2025 legislation in the United States
16,308
views
views
41
sodomy laws in the United States
laws in the united states regarding sodomy before 2003
16,066
views
views
42
same-sex marriage in the United States
marriage between members of the same gender within the United States of America
15,848
views
views
43
stand-your-ground law
legal principle permitting use of force against aggressors without obligation to retreat
15,660
views
views
44
Hanafism
one of the four major schools of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence
15,317
views
views
45
Voting Rights Act of 1965
piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting
15,186
views
views
46
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
copyright law in the United States of America
15,105
views
views
47
Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act
1930 U.S. trade law placing and raising tariffs on tens of thousands of imports
14,616
views
views
48
Russian foreign agent law
2012 Russian law
14,113
views
views
49
Fair Credit Reporting Act
U.S. federal legislation regulating use of private information by credit rating agencies
13,740
views
views
50
Genocide Convention
1948 United Nations resolution which legally defined genocide
12,892
views
views
51
Reichstag Fire Decree
1933 decree in Nazi Germany that abolished key civil liberties for citizens
12,803
views
views
52
奈良小1女児殺害事件
12,775
views
views
53
penal transportation
relocation of convicted criminals to a distant place
12,736
views
views
54
Chinese Exclusion Act
act of US Congress in 1882 that prohibited all immigration of Chinese laborers
12,527
views
views
55
massacre at Huế
massacre in Vietnam War
12,505
views
views
56
Corpus Juris Civilis
collection of fundamental works in jurisprudence as codified by Justinian
12,072
views
views
57
Megan's Law
Law
12,049
views
views
58
Kansas–Nebraska Act
1854 United States legislation promoted by Stephen A. Douglas which repealed the Missouri Compromise line and disrupted the Compromise of 1850
12,034
views
views
59
Indian Removal Act
law signed on May 28, 1830 by President Andrew Jackson
11,780
views
views
60
unfriendly countries list
list of countries viewed as enemies by Russia
11,689
views
views
61
Presidential Proclamation 4311 of September 8, 1974, by President Gerald R. Ford granting a pardon to Richard M. Nixon. (NAID 299996)
1974 proclamation by U.S. President Gerald Ford
11,661
views
views
62
treaty
express agreement between nations under international law
11,635
views
views
63
Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists
authorizes the use of military force against those responsible for the attacks on September 11, 2001
11,587
views
views
64
Convention on the Rights of the Child
international treaty about the rights of children
11,537
views
views
65
Ichikawa Family Murder Case
Robbery-murder case in Chiba Prefecture, Japan in March 1992
11,485
views
views
66
visa policy of the People's Republic of China
policy which denotes whether a citizen of a country requires a visa to enter the mainland of China (PRC)
11,177
views
views
67
Nakagin Capsule Tower
former building in Tokyo, Japan (1970-2022)
11,041
views
views
68
G.I. Bill
United States law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans
11,008
views
views
69
visa policy in the European Union
overview of the visa policy in the European Union
10,787
views
views
70
American Service-Members' Protection Act
United States federal law enacted 2 August 2002
10,773
views
views
71
Respect for Marriage Act
act of the United States Congress to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act
10,694
views
views
72
Homestead Acts
United States federal laws (1860s-1930s) granting ownership of land
10,645
views
views
73
Shafi'i
school of Islamic jurisprudence
10,610
views
views
74
Article 41-bis prison regime
hard-prison special regime in Italy for terrorists and mafia convicted
10,386
views
views
75
Begich Towers
a building in the small city of Whittier, Alaska, USA
10,300
views
views
76
law of Moses
the Torah or the first five books of the Hebrew Bible
10,296
views
views
77
Sherman Antitrust Act
1890 U.S. anti-monopoly law
10,293
views
views
78
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Laken Riley Act
United States law signed in 2025
10,289
views
views
79
Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
Act of the Parliament of India
10,267
views
views
80
Ramsar Convention
international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands
10,260
views
views
81
War Powers Resolution
1973 U.S. federal law limiting the power of the president to declare war
10,115
views
views
82
Visa Waiver Program
program allowing 90-day visa free travel to the United States for citizens of some countries
9,805
views
views
83
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
American law
9,796
views
views
84
Immigration Act of 1924
1924 United States anti-immigration law
9,719
views
views
85
Communist Control Act of 1954
Law outlawing the Communist Party in the United States
9,622
views
views
86
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Act of the United States Congress
9,554
views
views
87
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
international treaty to ban nuclear explosions
9,532
views
views
88
National Popular Vote Interstate Compact
not yet active agreement between some states of the United States of America to allocate their presidential electors to the winner of the national popular vote
9,529
views
views
89
Alien and Sedition Acts
series of Acts of Congress
9,525
views
views
90
visa policy of the United States
policy on permits required to enter the United States and its unincorporated territories
9,510
views
views
91
Superfund
Act of Congress in the United States; authorized U.S. EPA program to address abandoned hazardous waste sites
9,448
views
views
92
Code of Ur-Nammu
oldest surviving law code
9,398
views
views
93
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act
United States federal statute
9,257
views
views
94
visa policy of Thailand
Policy on permit required to enter Thailand
9,246
views
views
95
Defense of Marriage Act
1996 U.S. federal law, repealed in 2022
9,216
views
views
96
Roman citizenship
citizenship in ancient Rome
9,200
views
views
97
Night and Fog Decree
directive by Adolf Hitler on 7 December 1941
8,879
views
views
98
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
international treaty
8,837
views
views
99
CLOUD Act
United States federal data privacy and government surveillance law
8,797
views
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