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Doesn't that have the same net result as secret law? Legal opinions lead to precedence which is basically "law" in court, no?
by 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 agoI think you mean "precedent" or "precedents" rather than "precedence".
- aaronchall 9y agoThanks, I've been misspelling that.
- leesalminen 9y agoI do! Thank you for the correction (no sarcasm). I had no idea.
- jwfxpr 9y agoYes. 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.