Distinguish the following: Substantive Law and Procedural Law

      

Distinguish the following: Substantive Law and Procedural Law

  

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Raphael
Substantive Law
- Consists of rules themselves as opposed to the procedure of how to apply them. It
defines the rights and duties of parties and prescribes or provides remedies e.g law of
contract, law of torts.
- It also defines crimes or offences and prescribes punishment. Penal code

Procedural Law: This is adjectival law.
- It consists of the steps or guiding principles or rules of practice to be complied with in
the application of substantive law or in the administration of justice for example
Criminal Procedure Code, Cap, 75 and Civil Procedure Act Cap 21.
raphael answered the question on April 16, 2018 at 18:18


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