case law

set of past rulings by tribunals that meet their respective jurisdictions' rules to be cited as precedent
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Summary

case law is a type of law[1]. It draws 1,107 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_law category, ranking #3 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • case law's instance of is recorded as type of law[3].
  • case law is a type of sources of law[4].
  • case law is a type of collective memory[5].
  • case law is part of Richterrecht[6].
  • case law comprises precedent[7].
  • case law's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Case law[8].
  • case law's different from is recorded as jurisprudence[9].
  • case law's different from is recorded as casuistic law[10].
  • case law's studied by is recorded as jurisprudence[11].
  • case law's has part is recorded as court decision[12].
  • case law's P14541 is recorded as 2C2KOD[13].

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Definition and Type

case law's instance of is recorded as type of law[3]. Recorded subclass of include sources of law[4] and collective memory[5].

Use and Application

case law comprises precedent[7]. It is part of Richterrecht[6].

Why It Matters

case law draws 1,107 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_law category, ranking #3 of 7).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Épico · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → Richterrecht
    Partially coincident with → —
    Has part(s) of the class → court decision
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has part(s) of the class: court decision"
  2. 6w ago · Épico · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jstor topic id (archived) → case-law
    Different from → jurisprudence, casuistic law
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Different from: casuistic law"
  3. 6w ago · Épico · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → precedent
    Has effect → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Has effect: precedent"
  4. 6w ago · Épico · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → sources of law, collective memory
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Subclass of: non-statutory law"
  5. 6w ago · Épico · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Partially coincident with → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Partially coincident with: Q141208287"
  6. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2C2KOD
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  7. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Partially coincident with → —
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Case law
    Has effect → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 1703, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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