Stare Decisis

Is a legal doctrine stating that a high court should follow its own prior decision in furture cases.

Giving clients advice as to their rights is not considered the practice of law

In Cruzan the Supreme Court decided that there was no right to die.

The basic principle behind utilitarian law is that people have a moral barometer which provides us with a built in sense of right and worong

The Erie doctrine requires that when Federal courts apply diversity of citzenship subject matter jurisdiction , the court must apply state common law not federal