Bad law
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Bad law, or a bad law, includes laws that are oppressive or that cause injustice. It may also include a proposition of law that is erroneous, or an attempted statement of the law that is inaccurate.
A precedent that has been overruled may be bad law. A judicial decision that is based on no law at all,[1] was wrongly decided,[2] or made per incuriam[3] may constitute bad law.
See also
- Bad law makes hard cases, a maxim
- Dumb laws, those laws which are particularly bizarre
- Law reform
References
- ↑ New York (State) Supreme Court (1843). "Hanford v. Artcher". In Nicholas Hill. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of New York. Wm. & A. Gould. Search this book on
- ↑ Case and Comment. Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company. 1913. Search this book on
- ↑ The Nairobi Law Monthly. Kaibi Limited. 1991. Search this book on
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