CS Executive · Jurisprudence, Interpretation and General Laws · Sources of Law
Under the classification that treats law as arising from custom, precedent and legislation, which source is the product of the deliberate law-making of a sovereign or competent authority?
Legislation is the source that results from deliberate law-making by a competent authority. Unlike custom, which grows gradually from usage, legislation is enacted law and is treated as the most important and supreme source in modern legal systems.
- ALegislationCorrect
- BCustom
- CJuristic writings
- DEquity
Explanation
Legislation is deliberate, enacted law made by a competent authority and is therefore called enacted or supreme source. Custom grows spontaneously from long usage, and juristic writings are opinions. Equity arises through judicial fairness, not an enacting authority.
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