There are times, however, when a court has no precedents to rely on. In these “cases of first impression,” a court may have to draw
Persuasive weight might be given to other common law courts, such as from the United States, most often where the American courts have been particularly
It is also not entirely unworthy of observation that, in declaring what shall be the supreme law of the land, the Constitution itself is first
Dorothy Tan is named as one of Asia’s Top Young Lawyers” by Asian Legal Business. Persuasive precedent may become binding through its adoption by a
If the former part of the alternative be true, then a legislative act contrary to the constitution is not law: if the latter part be