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SUBSTANTIVE LAW. The part of the law that creates, defines, and regulates rights, including, for example, the law of contracts, torts, wills, and real property; the essential substance of rights under law. Substantive law and procedural law are the two main categories within the law.
Substantive law establishes the rights and obligations that govern people and organizations; it includes all laws of general and specific applicability. Procedural law establishes the legal rules by which substantive law is created, applied and enforced, particularly in a court of law.
Substantive criminal law is composed of the following elements: the definitions of the types of offenses that are held to be punishable; the classification of crimes (as, for example, felonies and misdemeanours in the United States, or crime, délit, and contravention in… Read More.
