what is the different between common law & statute law?
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Common law is law based on court decisions.  Statute law is law createdby legislation.  Most of our states are common law states part of the English common law system which we have continued since colonial times.  These laws may be abridged by statute.  A small number of states have all of their law based on statutes and not on court decisions, although the courts may interpret meanings.
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These terms are generally really broad. People spend most of their lives trying to figure out the laww but never do. Even after the three/four years that people spend learning the law to pass the bar exam, they still continue learning about it. Laws are basically anything agreed to by custom, agreement, or authority. Rights are anything that the person is allowed to do (not against the law). Legal means anything not against the law in gneral. and lex I dunno.
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Until the beginning of the 20th century, most common law jurisdictions had two parallel court systems, courts of "law" that could only award money damages and recognised only the legal owner of property, and courts of "equity" that recognised trusts of property and could issue injunctions, orders to do or stop doing something. Although the separate courts were merged long ago in most jurisdictions, or at least all courts were permitted to apply both law and equity, the distinction between law and equity remains important in categorising and prioritising rights to property, and in the principles that apply to the grant of equitable remedies by the courts. In the United States, the distinction can determine whether the Seventh Amendment's guarantee of a jury trial applies (a determination of a fact necessary to resolution of a "law" claim) or whether the issue can only be decided by a judge (issues of equity).
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laws vary from each state on this matter?
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The laws on common-law marriage vary from state-to-state, and not all states recognize the concept at all.  However, once you are considered common-law husband and wife in the state or your residence, you are recognized as married in all states.\n\nIn at least one state, there is no stipulated time frame.  Simply publicly referring to yourselves as married and establishing a household is sufficient to establish the common-law marriage.\n\nMany states have done away with common-law marriage altogether.  However, if a valid common-law marriage existed before the law was changed, it continues to exist after the change.\n\nThe following states recognize common-law marriage, or did so in the recent past.  TN and WI do not recognise common law marriage, so those answers above are bogus regarding those states.\n\nAlabama\n\nColorado\n\nGeorgia (if created before 1/1/97)\n\nIdaho (if created before 1/1/96)\n\nIowa\n\nKansas\n\nMontana\n\nNew Hampshire (for inheritance purposes only)\n\nOhio (if created before 10/10/91)\n\nOklahoma (possibly only if created before 11/1/98. Oklahoma's laws and court decisions may be in conflict about whether common law marriages formed in that state after 11/1/98 will be recognized.)\n\nPennsylvania (if created before 9/03)\n\nRhode Island\n\nSouth Carolina\n\nTexas\n\nUtah\n\nWashington, D.C.\n\nCommon law marriages only exist between members of the opposite sex.  There is no such thing as a gay common law marriage.\n\nAssuming that Hugh Heffner lives in CA, he is not in a common law marriage regardless of how many live-in "girlfriends" he may have.\n\nNo state recognises a common law marriage where an earlier legal marriage still exists -- either formally or by common law -- that has not been terminated by divorce.  You could not be prosecuted for polygamy; it is merely an illicit relationship.
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Both seek to decide what is right and wrong. Ethics is more of a personal opinion. Law is the collection of views of society members.
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Most of the American codes of law are based upon the English system.  As if we were common brothers under the law.  Therefore to determine the origin of American "common law" you would have to go back to the English System.  This in itself is an insurmountable task, unless you wish to study to be a lawyer, and at that, you wouldn't have enough time in your life to review the whole thing.  Just hit on highlights.
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A just law is a law that does not discriminate in any way shape or form. It is a law that is for the good of the people and not for a specific person,religion,race.. An unjust law is one that does not apply to everyone and is placed to punish a specific person. Hope this helps.
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You need to clarify your question.  Civil law has several meanings.  It can mean the opposite of criminal law, or it can mean the opposite of English common law.  In neither of those settings, however, are there four widely known "assumptions", so your question lacks meaning in this form.  Provide more information or, if the question comes from a textbook, consult it for whatever assumptions it claims exist.  Try your question again with more detail and context, and I'll bet someone will get you an answer.
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Laws are subjective.  Laws are a GUIDELINE to live.  Some laws aren't specific because legislation to pass specific laws either gets caught up in red tape or the person who submitted it for review didn't give enough proof that their point should be made into a law.\n\nMost laws DO protect you and your property.  But for every minute action there has to be a minute law to cover it and there are just too many small actions. (minute = small)
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There is no difference between an act and a law. Acts of Congress are laws.
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Norms are basically the conduct and carriage that society expects from its citizens.  It is under norms that people can peaceably co-exists (i.e., as long as everyone follows the norms, everyone is at peace with everyone else).  Laws, on the other hand, are the official requirements of a society, the violation of which generally results in loss of liberty or property (or occasionally life).
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kk.....im in history 2 and i hate it....so....a state is like CA....if that is wat ur lookin 4....and let me tell u some basic stuff bout commonwealth....'The original phrase "common wealth" or "the common weal" comes from the old meaning of "wealth" which is "well-being" '....got that.....now...commonwealth originally meant a state governed for the common good as opposed to an authoritarian state governed for the benefit of a given class of owners.Today the term is more general and means a political community.....now 4 example....political unit founded in law by agreement of the people for the common good....a federated union of constituent states...and...a community of sovereign states....i hope this helps!!!
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No common law is not recognized in Ohio. Wisconsin is the only state east of the Mississippi River to recognize common law status
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the role of law has changed to the "roll" of law,\nie bankroll of law. example: OJ Simpson, Ken Lay,Ted Kennedy, and Micheal Jackson.\nthe law is only relevant to those who are bound\nto live by it.
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Not sure what you mean but perhaps; the law is divided into criminal and civil law and also into statute and case law.\n\nThe division into criminal and civil law is fairly obvious and very broadly speaking civil law may be regarded as being concerned with contracts made between people and or companies or states.\n\nStatute law are the laws passed by government a system we inherited from the Romans. Case law is derived from the old Anglo-Saxon system of justice is based on precedence established in previous cases it is also concerned with interpretation of statute law.
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Custom is a way that societies operate - things are usually done in a certain way, so they continue to be done that way.\n\nSome societies have elevated certain customs to be enforceable by penal means - if you disobey those customs other members of society will punish you.  They are customary laws.\n\nCustomary law also has a particular meaning where indigenous or minority groups have a different pattern of laws to the majority or conquerors.  In that circumstance customary law may apply, but only to the indigenous inhabitants.  \n\nVarious legal systems give varying degrees of recognition to customary law.  In Australia, for example, courts sometimes acknowledge that a person may receive additional punishment under customary law and take that into account in deciding the severity of punishment.\n\nThe extent to which customary law should be taken into account is quite a difficult jurisprudential issue.