substantive law

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English - Turkish
(Kanun) esasa müteallik hukuk
English - English
The statutory or written law that governs rights and obligations of those who are subject to it
The law defining rights to the use of water (Rice (1991))
The law dealing with rights, duties and liabilities, as contrasted with procedural law, which governs the technical aspects of enforcing civil or criminal laws
The category of law addressing the rights and duties that each person has in society
The law dealing with rights, duties and liabilities as distinguished from adjective law, which is the law regulating procedure
The law defining rights to the use of water (Rice/White, 1991)
central fundamentals of law, basic of the primary legislation
That law which establishes rights and obligations, as distinguished from procedural law, which is concerned with rules for establishing their judicial enforcement An easier way of looking at this is that "substantive law" is what you sue someone for or over, and procedural law is the "nuts and bolts" of how you would bring that suit
the law dealing with the rights, duties and liabilities, as distinguished from law regarding procedure
substantive law
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