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Book: Not Space Law
Written By: Robert Greenway
Fiction
Not Space Law
A treatise on a seperate tennant of rules and regulations These ancient rules were once used by humans and could once more be one day adopted. In a common law jurisdiction several stages of research and analysis are required to determine "what the law is" in a given situation. First, one must ascertain the facts. Then, one must locate any relevant statutes and cases. Then one must extract the principles, analogies and statements by various courts of what they consider important to determine how the next court is likely to rule on the facts of the present case. Later decisions, and decisions of higher courts or legislatures carry more weight than earlier cases and those of lower courts1. Introduction[br] 2. Common Law
A treatise on a seperate tennant of rules and regulations These ancient rules were once used by humans and could once more be one day adopted. In a common law jurisdiction several stages of research and analysis are required to determine "what the law is" in a given situation. First, one must ascertain the facts. Then, one must locate any relevant statutes and cases. Then one must extract the principles, analogies and statements by various courts of what they consider important to determine how the next court is likely to rule on the facts of the present case. Later decisions, and decisions of higher courts or legislatures carry more weight than earlier cases and those of lower courts1. Introduction[br] 2. Common Law