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It is not a "why" question. In the US, legislation IS the basis for all law. That is how laws are made under our form of government.

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The above is not quite true. While legislation (the passing of laws using a democratically elected body (a government)) is one means of making laws, in the UK and the US (which follows the British tradition), there is also the common law which is based on legal precedence and has developed over time.

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