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Which of the following best describes substantive law as distinguished from procedural law?

Substantive law defines the rights, duties and liabilities of persons. Procedural law, by contrast, lays down the method of enforcing those rights and conducting proceedings in court. So the option describing rights, duties and liabilities is the one that correctly describes substantive law.

  1. AIt lays down the rules for conducting a trial and enforcing rights in a court
  2. BIt defines the rights, duties and liabilities of personsCorrect
  3. CIt deals only with relations between two sovereign States
  4. DIt consists only of rules made by a High Court for its own working

Explanation

Substantive law creates and defines rights, duties and liabilities, for example the law of contract or the law of crime. Procedural law only provides the machinery for enforcing those rights. The first option describes procedural law, so it is the reverse of the correct answer.

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