Temporary laws are often used to adapt for unusual or peculiar situations.
But a law can also acquire temporal status by stipulating that it only applies to a certain event.
Temporary laws are favored by adherents of experimentalist governance because it allows policy makers to conduct experiments and evaluate the effects of introducing legislation.
Temporary laws are often easier to pass since they last for a shorter time.
[2] Temporary law should not be confused with ratione temporis or temporal jurisdiction, which refer to the jurisdiction of a court of law in relation to the passage of time.