LEB 323 Midterm: Statutory Law and Common Law – A Contrast
29 Nov 2017
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Statutory law and common law a contrast. Statutory law and common law differ by the processes by which each comes into being and the form of each after it becomes operative. Legislative acts (statutory) become law after these processes: 1. Introduction of bill in the house of senate by one or more members of that body: 2. referral of the bill to the appropriate legislative committee, where hearings are held, 3. Approval of the bill by that committee and others: 4. Approval of the bill y the house and senate after full debate: 5. Common law: they are adopted by the courts for setting controversies involving points of law which the legislature has not spoken. Legislatures are free to enact statutes when case law is nonexistent. Legislatures can make laws encompassing all statutes of a given subject. Courts can make law only in deciding the cases that come before them.
