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This is madness. How can we have secret laws? Do we take some secret court judge's word?

• oh_sigh 9y ago
  We don't have secret laws, we have secret opinions on public laws.
  • leesalminen 9y ago
    Doesn't that have the same net result as secret law? Legal opinions lead to precedence which is basically "law" in court, no?
    • schoen 9y ago
      I think you mean "precedent" or "precedents" rather than "precedence".
      • aaronchall 9y ago
        Thanks, I've been misspelling that.
      • leesalminen 9y ago
        I do! Thank you for the correction (no sarcasm). I had no idea.
    • jwfxpr 9y ago
      Yes. Opinions are important in interpreting whether or not a historical case can be interpreted as a precedent in a current one. That's one of the principal concepts in common law systems.
  • AndyMcConachie 9y ago
    The parent should not be downvoted. He/she is correct.