Since the major surge of Superhuman activity in the early 1920's, many laws have been put on the books throughout the world which deal with them. The laws here are assumed to be from the United States unless otherwise noted.

Aliens

The following nations and their territories recognize all alien races (unless indicated) as elegable for citizenship.

Argentina
Australia (Except Yodan)
Austria
Brazil
Canada
Denmark
France
Germany
Greece
Israel
Japan
Luxembourg (Except Yodan)
Mexico
Mongolia
Paraguay
Peru
Poland
Romania
South Africa (Except Gedkopan)
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey
the Ukraine
United Kingdom
Vietnam (Klendak only)

Type specific Superhuman Laws

Empaths

The use of an Empath as a form of lie detector test is admissable in court in all states except Alabama, California, Utah and Wyoming.

Intangables

Intangables are forbidden to use their abilities to walk into private homes, businesses or facilities. Doing so will be considered breaking and entering.

Flyers

No Fly Zones now include Airbourn superhumans in their list of those objects or beings who may not pass over the area.

Mechanical Geninuses International Law

Any robotic beings created must follow Asimov's laws:

First Law: A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

Second Law: A robot must obey orders given it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.

Third Law: A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

To be classified as a robot the machine must be programable, must be able to interact with its environment, and must be flexible in the use of its internal programs. Programming a robot to violate one or more of the three laws means:

Life imprisonment, $25,000,000 fine or its equivelent, the confiscation of all robotic equipment, and the prohibiting of engaging in further engineering. - United Nations commitee on Responsable and Ethical Robotic Operations (UNCRERO).

The UNCRERO creed is recognized by the following nations and their territories:

Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Canada
Central African Republic
Chad
China
Czech Republic
Denmark
East Timor
Ecaudor
Egypt
Estonia
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Holy See
Hungary
Iceland
India
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Jordan
Korea, South
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Mexico
Monaco
Mongolia
Mozambique
Nepal
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
South Africa
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey
the Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Urugauy
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zaïre
Zimbabwe

China, France, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Turkey do not recognize the right of the UNCRERO to police its citizens and reserve the right to pull out of the UNCRERO resource pool if it attempts to apprehend its citizens obting instead to handle violators in their own way.

Futhermore, China, Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United States reserves the right to violate Assimov's Laws in matters of National Security.

Possession

Superhumans are forbidden from possessing authority figures or to otherwise control others in a manner of deceit meant to harm.

Shapeshifters

Shapeshifters are forbidden to transform into authority figures or to otherwise impersonate others in a manner of deceit meant to harm.

Superhuman Strength

Superhumans with Superhuman Strength are forbidden to join the International Brotherhood of Construction Workers and Allied Laborers.

Magnetism

Persons with Magnetic gifts are forbidden to interfere with the normal processes of metal detectors and other such security devices.

Telekinetics

No Fly Zones now include Airbourn telekinetics in their list of those objects or beings who may not pass over the area.

Telepaths

Telepaths are forbidden to read the minds of government officals or anyone else with sensitive information.

Any information gathered by a Telepath from an accused criminal's mind shall be inadmisable in court on the grounds that it violates the 5th Amendment.

Telepaths are forbidden to use their powers to manipulate government officials, their foreign equivilents, military personel, or those prevey to personal information or property such as doctors, priests or bank tellers.

Teleporters

Teleporters are forbidden to use their abilities to bypass walls or other obsticles to gain entrance into private homes, businesses or facilities. Doing so will be considered breaking and entering.

Zoothrops

Zoothrops are required by law to have their animalistic forms been given a rabies vaccination.

Zoothrops are required to wear some manner of identification which will remain on them when they transform.

Neither the Government nor the State nor the County nor the City shall be held responsable if, while in animalistic form, a Zoothrop is taken in by Animal Control.

Metahuman Rights

Metahumans (except for mutants) are on the list of persons protected by the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

All Metahumans are protected from being publicly revealed as metahumans (as opposed to their non-metahuman identity), because such a revealation could conceivably endanger their property their lives and their family's lives without due process of the law. This goes back to a 1999 Supreme Court case, "Hugo vs. National Headlines, Incorporated" in which National Headlines outed Andrew Hugo as Molten Man which resulted in Doctor Martin Grimm (The Grim Reaper) kidnapping his daughter.