Precedent is a principle or rule established in a legal case that becomes authoritative to a court or other tribunal when deciding subsequent cases with...
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A legal doctrine is a framework, set of rules, procedural steps, or test, often established through precedent in the common law, through which judgments...
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Horse" or "White Pony" cases in Texas. A legal rule can be "clearly established" without commanding precedent existing. For example, in the United States...
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court ruled that Burmese are not white based on common knowledge and legal precedent. Moreover, courts ruled Filipinos as not white in the following cases:...
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A precedent book is a document recording procedural, legal or constitutional precedents. Such a book may have significant constitutional effects, such...
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Thomas Beatie (section Legal precedent and divorce)
edition 1000 Greatest Moments In Pop Culture 1974-2011. His legal case is also a precedent-setter for the ability of transgender people to exercise their...
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ELVIS Act (section Legal precedent)
intellectual property, and personal rights. It was hoped by proponents to set a precedent for future legislative efforts both within and beyond Tennessee, offering...
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Robert Bierenbaum (section Legal precedent)
Nymag.com. Retrieved 2012-11-23. "Legal news". Psychiatricnews.org. 2000-10-20. Retrieved 2012-11-23. "Legal precedent". Archived from the original on July...
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Common law (redirect from Common law (legal system))
common law is that it arises as precedent. Common law courts look to the past decisions of courts to synthesize the legal principles of past cases. Stare...
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should be interpreted, they reinforce, change, establish, or overturn legal precedent. If a court decides that an opinion should be published, the opinion...
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