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Sep 6, 2024 · For information on using digests to locate case law, see Digest, Headnotes, and Key Numbers on our Case Law Research Guide. In addition to the techniques explained in the above guides and tutorials, any of the legal sources on the secondary sources page of this guide will include citations to relevant cases.
Dec 20, 2021 · On September 30, 2021, a United States District Court addressed the limitations on the First Amendment protections of a student’s rights to free speech at a school-sponsored event in Sasser v. Bd. of Regents, No. 1:20-cv-4022-SDG, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 188703 (N.D. Ga. Sept. 30, 2021).
Mar 29, 2023 · Each branch of government produces a different type of law. Case law is the body of law developed from judicial opinions or decisions over time (whereas statutory law comes from legislative bodies and administrative law comes from executive bodies). This guide introduces beginner legal researchers to resources for finding judicial decisions in ...
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Aug 19, 2015 · The law of tort is based on the idea that people are liable for the consequences of their actions, whether intentional or accidental, if they cause harm to another person or entity. Torts are the civil wrongs that form the basis of civil lawsuits. To explore this concept, consider the following tort law definition.
Negligence Duty Of Care Cases Existence of a "duty" Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562, HL. By Scots and English law alike the manufacturer of an article of food, medicine or the like, sold by him to a distributor in circumstances which prevent the distributor or the ultimate purchaser or consumer from discovering by inspection any defect, is under a legal duty to the ultimate purchaser or ...
