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Because they set the standards in which others are judged by?(This is called precedent.) Our legal system is partially/primarily adopted from English law. So it is inheirited.
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∙ 17y ago
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∙ 9y agoCase law provides precedents for all future cases. Also, it can give you an example of how things might play out in the current case.
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∙ 12y agobecause the case law deal with matters happening in our every day lives whether less constitutional law deals with matters of the constituition only
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