Statute Law
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:
- in the UK , in the self-governing colonies and the Crown Dependencies (Crown Dependencies) and
- in the United States of America and
- Australia , Canada (excluding Quebec Province ), New Zealand , South Africa and Commonwealth members.
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).