Why is statute law important?
What you really want to write is that statute law is important because statute law is the codified will of Parliament. Parliament is the elected body representing the people therefore statute law is the will of the people. Statute law is the basis of law which is then applied and expanded upon by judges in the case law. Without statute law the law would be left to be developed freely by judges without the constraint of statute, which could lead to inconsistency and questions of accountability. It could be interesting if you distinguish a ‘constitutional statute’ and a non constitutional statute. Be aware though that I don’t think any particular statutes have been officially recognised as forming part of the constitution. A previous answer said that the Human Rights Act could be repealed. This is true, but because the HRA is a ‘constitutional statute’ if the Act was gone it would still apply. This is because human rights law is now in every part of our law, removing the HRA would not ch
