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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...

A legal doctrine is a framework, set of rules, procedural steps, or test, often established through precedent in the common law, through which judgments...

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:...

A precedent book is a document recording procedural, legal or constitutional precedents. Such a book may have significant constitutional effects, such...

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...

should be interpreted, they reinforce, change, establish, or overturn legal precedent. If a court decides that an opinion should be published, the opinion...

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...

Horse" or "White Pony" cases in Texas. A legal rule can be "clearly established" without commanding precedent existing. For example, in the United States...

intellectual property, and personal rights. It was hoped by proponents to set a precedent for future legislative efforts both within and beyond Tennessee, offering...

(rather than legal precedents, as in common law) are considered legally binding. Scholars of comparative law and economists promoting the legal origins theory...

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...

unilaterally declared Republic of Somaliland, which regards itself as its legal successor. It existed on the territory of former British Somaliland for...

the methodology of legal precedent and reasoning by analogy (Qiyas) are similar in both the Islamic and common law systems. Other legal scholars such as...

sexual contact was exposed. The Jones lawsuit also led to a landmark legal precedent by the U.S. Supreme Court which ruled that a sitting U.S. president...

of Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence) away from Taqlid (adherence to the legal precedent of a particular Madhhab) and directly back to the Prophet, his Companions...

2023, and granted certiorari. This case challenges the legal precedent from TWA. The precedential value of Hardison is now lessened by the court's opinion...

common law and thereby granted federal courts the power to formulate legal precedent like their English predecessors. Federal courts are solely creatures...

Chaplin, Chaplin v. Amador, 93 Cal. App. 358 (1928), set an important legal precedent—that a performer's persona and style, in this case Chaplin's "particular...

is one of the three legal systems of the United Kingdom. Scots law recognises four sources of law: legislation, legal precedent, specific academic writings...

variety of alternative solutions. Even when a prior legal decision does not create a binding precedent, the text of the court's opinion may still help lawyers...