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Procedural Law |
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Substantive Law |
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Procedural laws are body of rules prescribing the form and order of enforcement. |
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Substantive law talks about the definition and regulation of people’s duties, rights and power. |
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Procedural laws cannot function independent of substantive laws. |
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Substantive laws function independently. |
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Procedural laws cannot decide the fate of the case. |
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Substantive law tells us who will win the case and what compensation he is bound to get. |
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Procedure describes the process in which the case should proceed. |
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It defines handling of the case and how the crime is to be charged. |
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It is more about modus operandi of executing the law. |
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It provides legal solution to the problem or the case. |
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This law talks about the method in which the procedural laws are made and administered. |
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This law talks about the legal relationship between people themselves and with the state. |
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Procedural laws deal with fairness and transparency of executing substantive laws. |
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Substantive laws stands in contrast to procedural laws, which prescribes the rules in which the court proceeds hearing the case. |
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Procedural laws refer to the fairness involved in resolving the disputes and related resources. |
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Substantive law defines the crime, punishment, rights and responsibilities of the case and related parties. |
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Procedural laws are connected with fundamental and natural justice. |
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Substantive law identifies the stronger side of the case and the remedies available to either parties of the case. |
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Procedural laws can also be applied to non legal contexts. |
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Substantive laws apply only to a legal context. |
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A procedural law answers the ‘how’ of a substantive law. |
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A substantive law refers to all kinds of public and private laws. |
