TITLE 8  ·  CHAPTER 1  ·  STATE OF DELAWARE
THE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW
STATUTE CITY  —  18 DISTRICTS IN READING ORDER  ·  217 SECTIONS
DRAG ORBIT · SCROLL ZOOM · CLICK A BUILDING — OR ONE OF ITS FLOORS — TO READ IT
TYPE / TAP HERE TO SEARCH THE LAW · ESC STEPS OUT
THE KEY AT RIGHT SWITCHES LAYERS ON AND OFF · THE TOUR WAITS AT THE CITY GATETAP A BUILDING OR FLOOR
TAP HERE TO SEARCH
THE KEY SWITCHES LAYERS
READING THE CITY ▾
HEIGHT — HOW MUCH LAW
a tall building is a long section: height = the characters of its text
FLOORS — SUBSECTIONS
one storey per lettered subsection: (a), (b), (c) …
WINDOWS LIT — LITIGATED LAW
brightness = opinions citing the section · Chancery is Delaware's business court
SHUTTERED — DORMANT, STILL LAW
zero court opinions; valid, quiet, kept
MASONRY — MANDATORY RULE
“shall” — no private opt-out
GLASS — ENABLING RULE
“may / unless the certificate provides” — customizable
ROADS — A PROCEDURE, STEP BY STEP
lane width = how much litigation the sections it serves carry
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CRANES — THE 2026 AMENDMENTS, RISING
SHOW
activity = court opinions on CourtListener (settled cases invisible) · amendment ages from the 1967 recodification