Laurie Lewis Case regulation, or judicial precedent, refers to legal principles produced through court rulings. Unlike statutory law created by legislative bodies, case legislation is based on judges’ interpretations of previous cases.Decisions are published in serial print publications called “reporters,” and are published electronically.… Read More

A. Case law is based on judicial decisions and precedents, even though legislative bodies create statutory regulation and include written statutes.These past decisions are called "case regulation", or precedent. Stare decisis—a Latin phrase meaning "Permit the decision stand"—could be the principle by which judges are bound to these past de… Read More