Statutory law is written law passed by legislators, different from common law. Legislators can legislate on everything they have the power to govern. Judges can only legislate when a case comes before them. Statutory laws are eventually published and codified in code books. Courts may interpret the law and/or statutes may create agencies to interpret the law.
Statutory law is written law passed by legislators. It is different from common law or case law. Statutory laws are laws formally established to address specific situations and written in code books.
In common law societies such as England, Canada and the United States, the law consists of two distinct bodies. The legislator makes some laws and the judges make other laws. In the United States, this distinction is established by the separation of powers rules in the Constitution.
When the legislature makes a law, it is considered statutory law or statutory law. The legislator can legislate on everything that he has the power to govern. In the United States, for example, state legislatures are empowered to legislate property and divorce, among other things, while federal legislatures are empowered to legislate matters governing interstate commerce and issues such as international relations.
The legislator, unlike the courts, does not have to have a “case” before him to make a law. If the legislator has the authority to make a law about something and he believes it is a good idea to make a law, he is allowed to do so. Judges, on the other hand, can only legislate when a case comes before them and they make law in the form of precedent in that particular case.
The procedures for making laws by the legislature differ according to how the government is constituted in the particular country. In the United States, for example, bills are proposed which are suggested laws. The bills then need to be approved by the House and Senate and signed by the president in most cases if the law is to be a federal law.
The legislature establishes a rule in statutory law, and that rule eventually becomes law after passing the proper process and receiving the required number of votes. Eventually, all statutory laws are published and codified in code books. Before that happens, statutory laws are still the law, but the laws are posted in special annexes to existing codes and/or on government websites.
Statues cannot cover every situation and are not always completely clear on their face. As a result, courts may sometimes be called upon to interpret the law and/or statutes may create agencies and empower those agencies to interpret the law. Both courts and state agencies must interpret any statute by understanding the intent of the legislature behind the statute and staying true to the plain language and purpose of the statute.
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