COMPARISON FOUNDATION	COMMON LAW	STATUTORY LAW
Meaning	Common law is the body of law that emerges from court decisions.	The set of principles and rules of law established by statute is known as statutory law.
Another name	Case Law	Legislation
Nature	Instructive	Prescriptive
Based On	Judicial precedent that has been recorded.	The legislature is in charge of enforcing the laws.
The Level of operation	Procedural	Substantive
Amendment by	Statutory legislation	Separate statute

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