0 law based on decisions that have been made by judges in the past
1 law based on decisions that have been made by judges in the past:
Case law has established that workers are on the job if they're doing something that benefits the employer, even if the activity wasn't approved beforehand.
These local variations in approach are explored through unprinted case law material and a variety of narrative texts.
So history-heavy, theory-thin analyses and polemics have played a larger role here, in both case law and scholarship, than in some other fields.
Descriptive decisions are what typically are referred to as "decisions of fact" in procedural case law.
The unenforceability of agreements between friends is traced to theology and early modern ecclesiastical case law.
When we read the case law, this whole business world almost appears non-existent.
All that remains then is the (to my mind pointless and indeterminate) question whether in such a case law "incorporates" morality or directs us outside.
Stage two involves case law, limited to principles distilled from precedent.