GRE Reading Comprehension: ETS-GRE阅读ETS - 40952Y4HMR0D58CI7

According to the passage, which one of the following statements about substantive reasons is true? A. They may be written into laws, but they may also exert an external influence on the law. B. They must be explicitly written into the law in order to be relevant to the application of the law. C. They are legal in nature and determine particular applications of most laws. D. They often provide judges with specific rationales for disregarding the laws of the land. E. They are peripheral to the law, whereas formal reasons are central to the law.