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Case Law and the courts in UK
Citations contain the court which the case was held in (UKSC, CSOH, CSIH,
SC)
Scots Law Times (SLT)
Parties:
o Pursuer
Defender
Petitioner
Reclaimer
Respondent
Decisions:
o Dismiss
Affirm
Reverse
Overrule
Declaratory theory that judges do not create the law, they discover it or simply identify the already-existing law
Decisions made in one jurisdiction do not bind another jurisdiction
Decisions made in higher courts bind those in lower courts
Case reports:
o Morison's Dictionary (until 1801)
o Session Cases
Scots Law Times
In civil courts, you will only get what you ask for, nothing more, by decision makers who make the decision based on what information is presented to them
The defender will have prepared their case based on the parameters set by the pursuers in their document submissions
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