Law Statutes and Cases
The practice of law is largely based on the understanding and interpretation of statutes that are in place and cases that have been decided. The two go hand in hand. The job of a court is to decide how individual laws or statutes should be interpreted. This is, of course, dependent upon the facts of the case. In criminal law for example, there … Keep Reading → are statutes that describe what constitutes a crime. It is the job of the judge or jury to determine if the facts of the case fall within the actions that the statute describes. If it is a jury trial the judge will explain the relevant statutes in simple terms to the jury and the jury will then decide if the statute has been violated. The same process applies in all areas of the law. When a case is decided it is given a considerable amount of weight in future cases. If similar facts exist it is likely that the same conclusion will be reached.
