QST LA 245 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Federal Aviation Administration, Administrative Law Judge, Precedent
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Chapter 4: common law, statutory law and administrative law. Precedent: an earlier case that decided the issue. Sum total of all the cases decided by appellate courts (by each state) Predominates in tort, contract and agency law and important in property, employment. Stare decisis: (cid:498)let the decision stand(cid:499), the ruling form a pervious case. Bystander"s obligations: you have no duty to assist someone in peril unless you created the danger. Court"s don"t always follow precedent but they generally do stare decisis. Massachusetts and nine other states do have version of a (cid:498)duty to rescue(cid:499) statute. Inherited from england based on the good samaritan common law. Requires witnesses of certain violent crimes to report the crime as soon as they can, if they can do so without endangering themselves or others. Different from common law since are enacted by a legislature, criminalize certain actions and spell out their penalties. Congress organized into two houses: the house of representatives and the senate.
