E. Sources of the Law, continued

3. Statutory Law

"Law" in its broadest sense refers to the entire system of jurisprudence, and includes all the sources of law which we are examining here. In a narrower sense, law means a statute. A statute is a law which has been passed by a legislative body, such as Congress (on the federal level), or a state legislature. A federal law is called a statute. A state law is called a statute. But a local law is called an ordinance.