How is a 'law' changed?

[learninglaw]

Hi,

I would like to know how a law is changed and what influences a law being changed.

Can anyone help?

 

[CdwJava]

Hi,

I would like to know how a law is changed and what influences a law being changed.

Can anyone help?

They write entire books on the subject.

The method of changing a law depends on the specific state what law you are talking about ... local ordinance, state administrative code, penal law, traffic law, federal law, etc. Some laws are modified as a result of case law (cases clarified as a result of court intervention), others are changed through petition and referendum, and most are modified via the legislature that has responsibility for the particular law (Congress, state assembly, or city council). Some laws might even be able to be modified by executive decision (president, governor, mayor), depending on what you are talking about.

Perhaps if you narrowed your query some?

- Carl