United States corporate law
Every state and territory has its own basic corporate code , while federal law creates minimum standards for trade in company shares and governance rights , found mostly in the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 , as amended by laws like the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 and the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act . 
<triplet> Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 <subj> federal law <obj> instance of