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The law of the United States comprises many levels [1] of codified and uncodified forms of law, of which the most important is the nation's Constitution, which prescribes the foundation of the federal government of the United States, as well as various civil liberties. The Constitution sets out the boundaries of federal law, which consists of Acts of Congress, [2] treaties ratified by the ...
At the federal level in the United States, legislation (i.e., "statutes" or "statutory law") consists exclusively of Acts passed by the Congress of the United States and its predecessor, the Continental Congress, that were either signed into law by the President or passed by Congress after a presidential veto .
In law, common law (also known as judicial precedent, judge-made law, or case law) is the body of law created by judges and similar quasi-judicial tribunals by virtue of being stated in written opinions. [2] [3] [4] The defining characteristic of common law is that it arises as precedent.
Public law is the part of law that governs relations and affairs between legal persons and a government, [1] between different institutions within a state, between different branches of governments, [2] as well as relationships between persons that are of direct concern to society. Public law comprises constitutional law, administrative law ...
Case law. Case law, also used interchangeably with common law, is a law that is based on precedents, that is the judicial decisions from previous cases, rather than law based on constitutions, statutes, or regulations. Case law uses the detailed facts of a legal case that have been resolved by courts or similar tribunals.
Code of law. A code of law, also called a law code or legal code, is a systematic collection of statutes. It is a type of legislation that purports to exhaustively cover a complete system of laws or a particular area of law as it existed at the time the code was enacted, by a process of codification. [1] Though the process and motivations for ...
Question of law. In law, a question of law, also known as a point of law, is a question that must be answered by applying relevant legal principles to the interpretation of the law. [1] Such a question is distinct from a question of fact, which must be answered by reference to facts and evidence as well as inferences arising from those facts.