In Canadian law, primary legislation (also called statute law) consists of acts of the Parliament of Canada and the legislatures of the provinces, and of Orders in Councilma… See more

In civil law systems, a parliament issues primary legislation, with lesser bodies granted powers to … See more

Each member state of the European Union (EU) has its own laws, but EU law takes primacy in certain circumstances. The EU Treaties are the EU's primary legislation. These inclu… See more

Primary legislation
In the United Kingdom, primary legislation can take a number of different forms: 1. An Act of Parliament. 2. An Act of the Scottish Parliament… See more

The British English distinction between primary and secondary legislation is not used in American English, due to the American dislike of the British constitutional concept of t… See more