Substantive law is the statutory or written law that governs rights and obligations of those who are subject to it. Substantive law defines the legal relationship of people with other people or between them and the state. Substantive law stands in contrast to procedural law, which comprises the rules by which a court hears and determines what happens in civil or criminal proceedings. Procedural law deals with the method and means by which substantive law is made and administered. The time allowed for one party to sue another and the rules of law governing the process of the lawsuit are examples of procedural laws. Substantive law defines crimes and punishments (in the criminal law) as well as civil rights and responsibilities in civil law. It is codified in legislated statutes or can be enacted through the initiative process.
Another way of summarizing the difference between substantive and procedural is as follows: Substantive rules of law define rights and duties, while procedural rules of law provide the machinery for enforcing those rights and duties. However, the way to this clear differentiation between substantive law and, serving the substantive law, procedural law has been long, since in the Roman civil procedure the actio included both substantive and procedural elements.
Procedural law: The part of the law that specifies the methods to be used in enforcing substantive law.
The key elements of substantive criminal law are that the law has to be written, there has to be a set punishment for the violation, and there has to be a procedure on how to investigate and charge the offender for their violation of law.
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Neither procedural law or substantive law are more important than the other. All crime needs to have a known punishment (substantive) and a proper way to get to that punishment (procedural).
It's substantive due process.
Statute law.
Substantive guarantees are a term used mostly in the law field. They state that we the people have legal, constitutional rights. Substantive due process is about a specific right that is protected by law that is being infringed.
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Substantive Law and Procedural Law
Procedural laws. Evidentiary laws. Conflict of Law (regarding jurisdiction) rules. But these can become substantive in that they might have a definitive bearing on the outcome.
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