LEB 323 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Precedent

• School: UT-Austin
• Department: Legal Environment of Business
• Course: LEB 323
• Professor: Christopher Meakin

Document Summary

When law was first taking place the early king courts made up law in a case-by-case basis: they decided their own verdicts. As more cases were made a rudimentary body of law came into being (precedents: courts looked at earlier cases to see similarities and decide outcome. Legal rules that surged in this manner constituted the common law or case law. Louisiana continues to be governed by civil law (statutes) State legislatures began passing increasing number of statutes based on common-law principles that were in effect earlier: states also passed body of laws that overrules common law principles. Several branches of law are still common law in nature in 49 states: louisiana is the exception. In common law: judges have to provide justice for a case while also providing a. Precedent for future cases to follow: example: supreme court case on gay marriage.