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If there was no law then why the court case?
I don't know much about Roe v Wade only heard it meantion in a few movies. What was the case about? Besides the obvious.

Anyway back to the point. If there is no law a case can end up in civil court. In that court a judge can rule in what they see as fair to settle a dispute between two parties. The descretion with no law is left to the judge. Then case law gets set. Basically other judges look to what the first judge ruled to make thier rulings. This can all happen in the absence of laws.

A law isn't made here and any time another judge can rule differently if an good enough argument is presented. Now if a law is created that supports a judges decision it becomes law the judge can not rule against the law. They can however interperet the law and rule accordinglly which will also set case law.

So judges don't make laws. The make descision based on laws and interperet those laws. In the abesence of a law they are very free to rule how they feel is fair. Case law just makes the job easier and a decision based on case law is less likely to be over turned in appeal.
Posted by: voska   Posted on: 06/14/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Let me help your confusion.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/14/07
Not what the Article Says  AstroCreep | 06/14/07
Its junk law  Cayble | 06/18/07
5th Amendment Protections  Dr. John | 06/19/07
There are a few problems  Freebird54 | 06/14/07
Not to mention that violation of copyright laws  maldain | 06/19/07
Wow  Sneltrekker | 06/14/07
I wish you had the gonads  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/14/07
No nads required  Spoon Jabber | 06/14/07
History repeating?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 06/14/07
Snap! Ouch!  Spoon Jabber | 06/14/07
Actually I did  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/14/07
No, you did not  Spoon Jabber | 06/14/07
Whatever little fella...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/14/07
It's about your hypocrisy, not how childish your insults are DA  Spoon Jabber | 06/15/07
Taxonomy  Yagotta B. Kidding | 06/14/07
You bet it was part of the public record.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/14/07
Of course you can't prove it, right.  Spoon Jabber | 06/15/07
link or lie?  jjarman | 06/18/07
wtf does that mean  mindilator@... | 06/18/07
you have a very ironic name, no_axe  mindilator@... | 06/18/07
LA is a bit far from NH  Dr_Zinj | 06/19/07
Let it happen - let it be the law...  BanjoPaterson | 06/14/07
Judges dont make laws...  mrlinux | 06/14/07
"Case Law"  Yagotta B. Kidding | 06/14/07
Well since this is a dump one...  mrlinux | 06/14/07
They shouldn't, but....  Spoon Jabber | 06/14/07
If there was no law then why the court case?  voska | 06/14/07
Case law  Spoon Jabber | 06/14/07
Not exactly right on the "states" thing.  chemist109 | 06/14/07
I said "Paraphrase", cut me some slack. happy  Spoon Jabber | 06/14/07
Oh, I had a question  Spoon Jabber | 06/14/07
Correction: Judges are not supposed to make law...  Raymond Danner | 06/19/07
You're not lying!  HouseOfZen | 06/14/07
Bigger fish  Yagotta B. Kidding | 06/14/07
The ruling should be qualified by Judge Grimm's masterful may 4th ruling.  TSGlassey | 06/14/07
Is this a joke?  Stuka | 06/14/07
Cool - get those terabyte drives out  kokuryu | 06/14/07
Yes, thieves often find there are serious costs.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/14/07
The "thieves" aren't the ones paying DA!  Spoon Jabber | 06/14/07
Re. Cool - get those terabyte drives out  osokona@... | 06/15/07
ram must be preserved?  Kool-aid | 06/14/07
Greed fighting mega-greed - who cares... (NT)  nottheusual1 | 06/14/07
RUB RAM  D. T. Schmitz | 06/14/07
Mass Stupidity  gofermatch | 06/15/07
Take these cases to a neutral jurisdiction!  nolaexperience | 06/15/07
This is where HARDWARE DRM  Old Timer 8080 | 06/15/07
We already do it voluntarily  Mike Hunt | 06/15/07
Hardware DRM ?  oldfellow | 06/15/07
thank god almighty  mindilator@... | 06/18/07
self-incimirnation?  bgk | 06/18/07
A Judge?  dutch6@... | 06/18/07
Anyone have some White-Out??  Timpraetor | 06/18/07
Land of the Free  wizardb@... | 06/18/07
Ya?  Mike Hunt | 06/19/07
Unplug the RAM and hand it over  dmawby@... | 06/18/07
Gee yer honor, the data was there before we unplugged 'em  Timpraetor | 06/18/07
Privacy  chaz15 | 06/18/07
that's it exactly  mindilator@... | 06/18/07
If Torrentspy..  fabioq@... | 06/18/07
ILLEGAL COPYING  malcolmlongworth@... | 06/18/07
You are as much to blame, really  Mike Hunt | 06/19/07
New server needed  tech_ed@... | 06/18/07
Easy Enough...  Timpraetor | 06/18/07
Torrent Spy Ruling  kevin1957@... | 06/19/07
Torrent Spy Ruling  kevin1957@... | 06/19/07
Ummmm,......  Mike Hunt | 06/19/07
Did anybody really read the ruling?  alphawiz | 06/19/07
Close  Mike Hunt | 06/19/07
Seems pretty simple to circumvent  Yamust B. Kiddingme | 06/21/07
But Torrentspy isn't doing anything wrong.  mames1701 | 06/19/07
Well, there goes Bit Torrents  The Masked Villain | 06/21/07

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