Court records?

Reading Deuteronomy 25, I gained the impression that I was reading not so much a statement of law as a series of verdicts or judgments.

In our society, laws are established by the government, and then refined and interpreted by the courts. Perhaps Moses was in a similar position - God defined the law through the Ten Commandments, and Moses found himself having to pass down rulings (with God's guidance) on how the laws were to be interpreted.