Case law Case law Case citation is the system used in common law countries such as the United States, England and Wales, Canada, New Zealand Australia and India to uniquely identify the location of past court cases in special series of books called reporters. Whilst case citations are formatted differently in different jurisdictions, they generally contain the same key information. ...more on Wikipedia about "Case citation"
Case law (precedential law) is the body of judge-made law and legal decisions that interprets prior case law, statutes and other legal authority -- including doctrinal writings by legal scholars such as the Corpus Juris Secundum, Halsbury's Laws of England or the doctrinal writings found in the Recueil Dalloz and law commissions such as the American Law Institute. ...more on Wikipedia about "Case law"
Firearm case law are numerous in United States history. While many deal with Second Amendment issues, many others deal with other issues of the constitution. The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. It states that: ...more on Wikipedia about "Firearm case law"
Literally a statement said "by the way", an obiter dictum (plural obiter dicta, often referred to simply as dicta), is a remark or observation made by a judge while issuing a ruling that does not form a necessary part of their decision. Because obiter dicta are not the subject of the decision, they are not binding under the doctrine of stare decisis, although in some jurisdictions, such as England and Wales, they can be strongly persuasive. ...more on Wikipedia about "Obiter dictum"
Precedent, sometimes authority, is the legal principle or rule created by a court which guides judges in subsequent cases with similar issues or facts. ...more on Wikipedia about "Precedent"
Stare decisis ( Latin: , Anglicisation: , "to stand by things decided") (more fully, "stare decisis et non quieta movere") is a Latin legal term, used in common law to express the notion that prior court decisions must be recognized as precedents, according to case law. ...more on Wikipedia about "Stare decisis"
Internationally there have been numerous Supreme Court cases involving Jehovah's Witnesses, evidence of the church's strong resistance to government interference in their beliefs. Many of the cases have involved Witness refusal to participate in patriotic activities and state-enforced laws regarding blood transfusions. ...more on Wikipedia about "Supreme Court cases involving Jehovah's Witnesses"
West American Digest System is a system of identifying legal cases and organizing them by topic and key number. The system was developed by West Publishing , the makers of Westlaw. West is one of the premier legal publishers. This extensive Taxonomy makes the process of doing case law legal research less time consuming as it directs the researcher to cases that are similar to the legal issue under consideration. The system is similar to the Canadian Abridgement. The free Westlaw guides includes one on using the Digest System to find cases. Those interested in the more technical aspects of taxonomies will find interesting A Brief Practical Introduction to Taxonomies , by Dan Dabney, Senior Director for Research and Development at Thompson-West. ...more on Wikipedia about "West American Digest System"
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