Contract Law Vs Statutory Law

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Statutory law is a written law passed by a legislature on the state or federal level. The come into law when it is proposed by legislator and approved by both houses and will come into law when the president or governor signed the bill. The difference between case law and statutory law is that judges write case laws not elected lawmakers and it’s also written to a specific case before the court. The areas of common law are contract, tort, property law. Case law deal with criminal and civil proceedings and Statutory law deals with the relationship between the state and the people. Case law is amended or changed only if the court overturned or reversed by a higher court. Statutory law is law unless legislation is enacted which amends the previously