<P> The legal system of Michigan is based on the common law . Like all U.S. states except Louisiana, Michigan has a reception statute providing for the "reception" of English law . All statutes, regulations, and ordinances are subject to judicial review . Pursuant to common law tradition, the courts of Michigan have developed a large body of case law through the decisions of the Michigan Supreme Court and Michigan Court of Appeals . </P> <P> The decisions of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals are published in the Michigan Reports and Michigan Appeals Reports, respectively . Both are also reported in the unofficial Michigan Reporter (a Michigan - specific version of the North Western Reporter). </P> <P> The Michigan Compiled Laws (MCL) are the official codification of statutes for the state of Michigan . An unannotated edition of the MCL is published by the state of Michigan in print and online . </P> <P> Unofficial, annotated versions are published by both Thomson West and LexisNexis . The Thomson West publication is Michigan Compiled Laws Annotated (MCLA); the LexisNexis version is the Michigan Compiled Laws Service (MCLS). </P>

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