Dealing with sources of law, Gray says that “The courts put life into
the dead words of statutes”. Sources of law includes Constitutional
law, Statutory law, Administrative regulations, and the Common law.
Constitutional
Law: This is the body of law which describes the relationship of
different entities within a state, namely, the executive, the
legislature, and the judiciary.
Statutory Law: This is used to describe written laws, usually decree by a legislative body.
Administrative
regulations: This can be defined as the body of law that governs the
activities of administrative agencies of government.
Common Law:
It is a law developed by judges through decisions of courts and similar
tribunals that decide individual cases, as opposed to statutes adopted
through the legislative process or regulations issued by the executive
branch.
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