What term describes the body of law enacted by legislative bodies?

• A. Statutory Law
• B. Constitutional Law
• C. Administrative Law
• D. Case Law

Answer: (A)

Statutory law is the body of law enacted by legislative bodies. Laws like statutes and codes are written and passed by legislatures—Congress or state legislatures—and then organized into codes that lay out rules, duties, and penalties. This is the collection of rules created through the legislative process, such as criminal statutes, tax laws, and traffic regulations.

It’s different from constitutional law, which comes from a constitution and sets up the structure of government and fundamental rights and powers. Administrative law consists of rules made by government agencies through rulemaking under authority granted by statutes. Case law, or common law, grows out of court decisions interpreting statutes and applying legal principles to specific cases, sometimes filling gaps left by statutes.

So the term that describes the body of law enacted by legislative bodies is statutory law.