statute books
Compiled legislative records
Statute books are the official compilations of laws enacted by a legislative body.
The phrase typically appears in expressions about whether something is legally codified: The law has been on the statute books for decades or They want to get this legislation on the statute books before the election.
Often used figuratively to distinguish written law from actual enforcement.
- actsDeeds or play sections
- act of parliamentLaw from the legislature
- legal codesSystematic compilation of statutes
- civil codeCodified private law system
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
enactment · Justinian Code · laws · written law · codification · legal framework · Napoleonic Code · municipal codes · legislation · repeal · dead letter · codes · penal codes · congressional · provisions · chapter and verse · archives · ordinance
- legal historylegal history, medieval law, Roman law, Roman jurisprudence, common law
- Chinese lawcriminal code, marriage law, inheritance law, judicial reform, penal servitude
- legal bookslaw dictionary, casebook, hornbook, treatise, nutshell
- legal literaturelaw journals, law reviews, legal briefs, legal guides, legal analysis
- legal referencesrestatements, treatises, digests, law reviews, hornbooks
- legal researchcase law, legal search, legal citation, digests, LexisNexis
statute bookscase law
Judge-made legal doctrine
common law · judicial precedent · court decisions · jurisprudence · precedent
statute booksunwritten law
Informal accepted rule
natural law · oral tradition · unwritten constitution · common law · constitutional convention
statute bookssocial norms
Shared behavioral expectations
customs · conventions · informal rules · mores · etiquette
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