judicial precedent

Laws which are derived from cases, by the process known as judicial precedent, form the common law.

The use of judicial precedent had substantial effect on Hindu law.

The English legal system is a composite of legislation and judicial precedent.

This tension is especially interesting in common law, which depend on judicial precedent.

Under the Finnish legal system a judicial precedent is not binding.

The application of state and federal statutes may be modified by judicial precedent.

"The judge strayed from judicial precedents in this area," he said.

This 1978 judicial precedent is not the last word on surrogacy in Britain.

The answer to that question will soon provide another piece of key judicial precedent for these types of cases.

Thus, the judicial precedent is ambiguous in its applicability to other situations.

But he nonetheless offers a welcome judicial precedent for a vexing question.

Courts had to be tied down to judicial precedents.

But, quoting judicial precedents, he wrote, "The government has no power to restrict such activity because of its message."

Only then should he decide the appropriateness of applying a prior judicial precedent to the case before him.

Sometimes this includes further stories acting as "judicial precedents".

Judicial precedents from other jurisdictions may also be persuasive in specific areas of Singapore law.

Only Wyoming lacks both legislation and judicial precedent to protect reporter's privilege.

Such a result is not supported by the Constitution or judicial precedent and will not be adopted here.

Examiners make determinations based on federal codes, rules, and judicial precedents.

This interpretation may be supported by political realities but not the text of the Constitution, judicial precedent or logic.

Sharia is not codified and there is no system of judicial precedent.

Legislation (including the criminal codes) is further refined by the method of judicial precedent and interpretation.

The development of the law is largely on the basis of judicial precedent, which in recent times has been subject to review by the courts.

It also set judicial precedent in Connecticut.

Legal scholars said that while judicial precedents usually move in the smallest of increments, important cases can be an exception.