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0 pointslmm4y ago0 comments

Judges fill out the details of law that aren't in the statutes, but they're not meant to create substitute statutes from whole cloth.

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xxpor4y ago

Sure they are. Michigan still has no murder statute. (There's a penalty statute, but the actual definition is common law).

lmmOP4y ago

There is non-statute common law from time immemorial, sure, but later law is supposed to be grounded in the stautes.

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0 pointslmm4y ago0 comments

Judges fill out the details of law that aren't in the statutes, but they're not meant to create substitute statutes from whole cloth.

xxpor4y ago

Sure they are. Michigan still has no murder statute. (There's a penalty statute, but the actual definition is common law).

lmmOP4y ago

There is non-statute common law from time immemorial, sure, but later law is supposed to be grounded in the stautes.

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