Statute Law

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Statute Law (also Statutory Law ) denotes especially in countries that the Anglo-Saxon legal system be expected standards by authorized for legislative organs - mainly under parliamentary approval in the form of - standing laws and regulations be adopted.

The Statute Law forms the opposite of Common Law , which is traditional law and is substantiated by Case Law . Case Law is the entirety of all court decisions with fundamental importance and recognized as an independent legal source . However, the principle applies that 'Statute Law' breaks 'Case Law'. This in turn means that (historical) precedents lose their validity as soon as parliament enacts a law regulating the issue.

Statute Law is practiced:

See also

literature

  • Dieter Blumenwitz : Introduction to Anglo-American Law. Doctrine of legal sources, method of finding the law, working with practical legal cases. 7th edition, Beck, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-406-49764-0 ( series of legal training 2).