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For the benefit of the uninitiated let me say that lawyers, deluded or not, overwhelmingly believe that with the exception of constitutions and of statutes enacted by legislatures (and rules under them), precedent is what the law is made of in the United States; that the law existed before written language in the tradition of “customs that runneth not to the contrary’ and continues to thrive in the printed decisions; that the statutes themselves remain unsettled until rounded out by precedent; that precedents may become so venerable as to become platitudes but may also be as fresh as the undried ink on today's appellate court decision; and that when a lawyer searches for as recent a decision as he can find, in a jurisdiction as near as possible, on facts as close to his client's case as possible, never overruled or modified, and pronouncing the law as clearly as possible, he is doing what he should be doing and might well be guilty of malpractice for failing to do so.
The New York Times 's top national story is that despite three years of contrary assurances to the U.S., Russia is helping India build a nuclear missile.
We also note that, contrary to the suggestion of Geschwind, the fact that the cerebellum had the largest number of 'uniquely expressed genes' is not equivalent to stating that the cerebellum has the highest molecular complexity [ 25].
Contrary to predictions, the Democrats pick up seats, and the GOP's obsession with scandal is repudiated.
Notwithstanding the provisions to the contrary in section 473, the Administrator shall notallocate or record fifteen percent of the allocation amount under section 473 for such year.
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