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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Legal Studies
Law vs act
What is the difference between a law and and act?
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Hi, An Act ( also often called a statute )is a law created by various legislative assemblies, eg in Britain, Parliament eg In the USA, Congress. There are other kinds of laws, eg common law. Different countries have different legal practices.
- Hi, An Act ( also often called a statute )is a law created by various legislative assemblies, eg in Britain, Parliament eg In the USA, Congress.
- There are other kinds of laws, eg common law.
- Different countries have different legal practices.
- Clive
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Hi,
An Act ( also often called a statute )is a law created by various legislative assemblies,
eg in Britain, Parliament eg In the USA, Congress.
There are other kinds of laws, eg common law.
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An Act ( also often called a statute )is a law created by various legislative assemblies,
eg in Britain, Parliament eg In the USA, Congress.
There are other kinds of laws, eg common law.
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I do not know where you are from, but in Italy we distinguish between law (=diritto) which is the more general area (e.g.. private law, company law etc.), and act (=legge) which is the specific bunch of rules that rules a subject. e.g.. act no. 123/year about customers' rights in the area of private law.
We translate the english word "act" also referring to our codes (4 basic codes: civil cod
We translate the english word "act" also referring to our codes (4 basic codes: civil cod
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