LAWS 2908 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Scale-Invariant Feature Transform, Obiter Dictum, Ratio Decidendi
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Eleemnts in case report and structure of full text of judicial decision. The (cid:862)f(cid:396)o(cid:374)t (cid:373)atte(cid:396)(cid:863) (cid:894)thi(cid:374)gs at f(cid:396)o(cid:374)t of the page(cid:895) o(cid:396) feel i(cid:374)fo alo(cid:374)g (cid:449)ith (cid:396)esea(cid:396)(cid:272)h a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)de(cid:454)i(cid:374)g tools: citation, names of the parties, what is an intervenor. Legal categories of parties: court, level of court, name of judges, data of the hearing and decision, catchwords, headnote. Febles v canada case: top of the page citation, different citations by diff authorities/languages, name of parties usually at top . appellant vs respondent (not initial version it has been appealed before, what level of court were at. Index essentially: allow us to determine if case will be relevant to us, headnote can be lengthy. Summary: decision, cases cited, concurring opinion and dissent. It is created by reporters publishers/ editors of reporters: helpful for us to index the case and knowing if it is relevant.
