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  1. 1 day ago · For civil cases, the party initiating the lawsuit is the plaintiff, while the party being sued is the defendant. The dispute is generally between private individuals or organizations. For criminal cases, the state, represented by a prosecutor or district attorney, brings charges against the accused individual, known as the defendant.

  2. 3 days ago · Looking for references to case law and/or journal articles analyzing a section of a specific code or act? Follow this link to access a partial list of annotated codes or acts available at the library focusing on the Quebec jurisdiction.

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  4. 6 days ago · About Statutes. Statutes are laws written and enacted by the legislative branch of government. Most new laws are created through statutes (as opposed to being created by judges through case opinions); therefore, it is important to know that you will frequently begin your research projects by looking at a statute rather than cases.

    • Patricia Scott
    • law-library@luc.edu
    • 2010
  5. 6 days ago · Case law. Case law (or judicial precedent) is law which is made by the courts and decided by judges. Judicial precedent operates under the principle of stare decisis which literally means “to stand by decisions”. This principle means that a court must follow and apply the law as set out in the decisions of higher courts in previous cases.

    • Gareth Ryan
    • 2017
  6. 6 days ago · Like all dictionaries, legal dictionaries provide brief definitions and pronunciations of words, but legal dictionaries often offer more. Definitions, for example, may be accompanied by citations to relevant primary law sources such as cases, which can jump-start your research in an unfamiliar area of law. Some legal dictionaries contain other ...

    • Patricia Scott
    • law-library@luc.edu
    • 2010
  7. 1 day ago · Bachelor of Laws: Case Law. A comprehensive guide to legal research created by the VU Law Library. Case law is made up of the decisions of a court consisting of a single judge or a number of judges. Significant cases may be published in a law report series and are known as reported judgments.

  8. 6 days ago · Case law is found in the published, written opinions of judges, and it includes the judge’s decision and the reasoning behind it. Opinions are published in series called Reporters , which contain the text of opinions arranged chronologically.

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