Why is statutory law important to politicians? Because local politians (i.e. guvernors) have direct influence to these written laws within a state. In difference to the constitutional laws that have the same impact across the country. For example the death penalty laws between the states of U.S. differ while the voting system as a consitutional law is the same for all states.
A statutory body deals with written law; non-statutory deals with implied law.
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There is not a definition for the term statutory felony. Statutory law however, refers to law put in place by a legislative office.
The state and the federal governments create statutory law.
AnswerAccording to Black's Law Dictionary, blackletter lawrefers to one or more legal principles that are old, fundamental, and well settled. Many of those principles have been codified in statutory law. Although laws are sometimes stricken as unconstitutional, most statutory law is well settled so blackletter law could be used to refer to statutory law although it has a broader meaning than just statutory law.
Case law should be used as a means of interpreting statutory law. Statutory law is held higher than case law. Case law can be overturned in the process of interpreting and applying statutory law, but statutory law cannot be overturned, only amended. If analyzing law, see statutes first, and apply case law second as a means of defining the statute.
Statutory law
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Statutory law is law enacted by a legislative body (ie parliament/congress), it is basically law that is written down and which controls and protects society.