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Dillon
Dillon asked in Politics & GovernmentLaw & Ethics · 5 years ago

What do you call unwritten laws?

I don't know the exact term, but I'm wondering what its called when their is a rule or law that is not written, but it is universally observed. People obey this rule or law even if its not written. What are these type of rules or law called?

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  • The Arbiter of common sense
    Lv 7
    5 years ago
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    are you talking about common law?

  • Yeti
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    They're called customs. There's "customary law," which recognizes the way things are done traditionally if there's no written law.

    Customs come into play in particular with "customary international law." For many international issues, they simply need to look at the way things have been done by custom in the past. They don't rely so heavily on some fixed international set of laws, since it would be virtually impossible to maintain.

    Source(s): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custom_%28law%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customary_internatio...
  • William
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    Pick one: custom, law of the land, oral code, tradition, canon, etiquette, mores, observance, policy, practice, rite, ethics, mythos.

  • Gretchen S
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    Social mores have the force of custom/s.

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