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

In federal or multi-jurisdictional legislation systems there may exist conflicts between the assorted reduced appellate courts. Sometimes these differences might not be resolved, and it may be necessary to distinguish how the legislation is applied in a single district, province, division or appellate department.These past decisions are called "cas