Wikipedia Trail: from "Law" to " Statutory Law"

Balance Within the Law

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It is amazing what you can learn by following a Wikipedia trail. I chose to start with the word law.
Law is formally written rules that govern our society. Most of our laws stem from English common law. The law is governed through social institutions to govern behavior. Society is also governed by informal rules. These are rules that are unwritten but accepted by society to be appropriate.

Religious law refers to the moral and ethical rules set forth by religious institutions. These rules vary across different religions and cultures. Like all social constructs these cultures are not only culturally dependent but they change over time, which means they are temporally relevant.  

Balance Civil Liberty

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Precedent is established through previous court rulings. As laws are overturned or found to be unconstitutional rulings may go against precedent. Sociologist Alfred Godfredd said that today's deviance can become tomorrow's morality.

By the end of my Wikipedia trail I came across the word Statutory law.
Statutory law or statute law is written law set down by a body of legislature or by a singular legislator.  While I chose a topic that was familiar to me, you can chose a topic you are unfamiliar with and learn some new facts.