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Black Letter Law |
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A term used to describe basic principles of law that are accepted by a majority of judges in most states. The term probably derives from the practice of publishers of encyclopedias and legal treatises to highlight principles of law by printing them in boldface type. |
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On the authority of the 1889 Supreme Court decision and many other decisions by other courts, the American Law Institute long ago expressed as black-letter law the doctrine that provisions in standard form contracts must be reasonable and just. It has been black-letter law that a broker cannot recover [damages] unless he has a signed agreement with a defendant," said Vogel. In the end, I think the students have a strong understanding of how one analyzes the law, more than they would if they were just learning the black-letter law. |
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