Statutory law is to legislative bodies as common law is to Courts.
Statutory law- Statutory law is the kind of law that is made by the legislature of the country. These laws are codified by the legislature(Senate and House of Representatives). The legislature has exclusive power to make this law. The court generally gives decisions on the basis of statutory law but the court cannot make the statutory law.
Common laws- These are the laws that result from judicial activism. From time to time the judiciary of a country passes judgments that become binding on everyone to follow. Common law comes into existence through two methods:
When the judiciary gives fresh judgment in any case
