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| the common law doctrine that binds an inferior court to follow and apply decisions and interpretations of higher courts when similar cases arise. Also called the doctrine of precedents |
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| a court decision on a qestion of law that gives authority or question of law in a later case with similar facts |
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| a set of books that contains the written opinions of justices of specified appelate courts. these volumes contain the decisional, or unwritten law. Volumes in the reporters and the cases they contain are arranged in chronological order and accessible by case name or subject matter index |
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| all reported judicial decisioons; the law that comes from judge's opinions in lawsuits. also referred to as court law, judge law, and sometimes common law |
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| law enacted by congress or by state legislatures |
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| a written law enacted by a city or county (parish). An example is a zoning ordinance that governs the use of land |
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| compilations of statutes that are grouped together by subject matter, e.g., a vehicle code |
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| the constitutional doctrine that applies whenever the united states and a local government enact conflicting laws on the same subject. under this constitutional doctrine, the federal law prevails |
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| any part of a court opinion that in unnecessary to the resolution dispute befor the court, such digression by a jedge is not binding on later courts. |
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| general principles and detailed rules that define the methods of administering substantive law |
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| general principles and detailed rules that define legal rights and duties |
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| an ethical doctrine holding the determining right conduct is based on consequences; that the purpose of the behavior should be the greatest hapiness of the greatest number |
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| a pattern of deductive logic that contains a major or general premise,a minor or specific premise and a conclusion, always in that order. the conclusion follows from the premises but is not a premise itself. |
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| statements that reflect no value judgment |
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| statements that reflect what should be or how one should act |
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| the rules members of a society are obliged to obey to avoid punishment or penalty imposed by the government |
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| behavior that is sufficiently wrongful to be at fault or to be responsible for proscribed conduct |
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