As we have seen in common law precedent is one of the primary sources of law. Further you will see what other sources of common law are.
a) You will have to match the title with its definition. Use the dictionary if necessary.
b) Decide which sources are primary and which are secondary in common law countries
| 1. constitution
| a) a law, statute, or regulation enacted by a municipal body.
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| 2. work of authority
| b) a systematically arranged and comprehensive collection of laws.
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| 3. statute
| c) series of books that contain judicial opinions from a selection of case law decided by courts
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| 4. regulation
| d) a law school publication containing both case summaries written by student members and scholarly articles written by law professors, judges, and attorneys.
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| 5. local ordinances
| e) a legal writing, research work considered as a source of information
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| 6. case law
| f) a rule designed to govern those to whom it is applied
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| 7. act
| g) a law enacted by a legislative body and expressed in a formal document.
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| 8. law review
| h) precedents or court binding decisions
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| 9. rule
| i) the basic law of a state which sets out how that state will be organized, the powers and authorities of government between different political units, and by stating and the basic principles of the society
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| 10. law reporter
| j) an established standard, guide, or a principle governing conduct, procedure, or action
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| 11. codes
| k) a formal decision, law, or the like, by a legislature, ruler, decree; statute; judgment, resolution
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