The law dictates how the government can go about discovering and prosecuting violations of the law.

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The law is divided into substantive law, which defines rights and duties, and procedural law, which outlines the methods of enforcing those rights and duties. The statement describes procedural law as dictating how the government discovers and prosecutes violations (how rights and duties are enforced) and implies substantive law as defining what those violations are (what the rights and duties are).

The Law Dictates How the Government Can Go About Discovering