A new law is legislation drafted, debated and passed by Congress or another legislative body. It is an official rule or regulation that governs behavior within a society or country. Laws are also known as statutes or acts.
A law is made up of several components including committee reports, which explain the purpose and scope of legislation. These reports are an important part of the legislative history and serve as valuable tools for judges, lawyers and the public. The term new law may also refer to the renewed and richly developed Thomistic natural law theory first proposed in the 1960s by Germain Grisez and others.