Harvard Law College

The canon law of the Catholic Church influenced the widespread law in the course of the medieval period through its preservation of Roman law doctrine such as the presumption of innocence. In frequent law authorized systems, selections by courts are explicitly acknowledged as “law” on equal footing with statutes adopted by way of the legislative process and with laws issued by the executive department. The “doctrine of precedent”, or stare decisis (Latin for “to stand by decisions”) implies that decisions by greater courts bind decrease courts, and future selections of the same court docket, to guarantee that comparable circumstances reach related results. Whether you are taking classes full time or part time, on-campus or partially online, you’ll start learning the work of a lawyer by doing it.

• In A2Z, Dean Sarah Zearfoss employs her years of expertise working because the Dean of Admissions to help students put

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