We don't have secret laws, we have secret opinions on public laws.
Doesn't that have the same net result as secret law? Legal opinions lead to precedence which is basically "law" in court, no?
Yes. Opinions are important in interpreting whether or not a historical case can be interpreted as a precedent in a current one. That's one of the principal concepts in common law systems.
I think you mean "precedent" or "precedents" rather than "precedence".
I do! Thank you for the correction (no sarcasm). I had no idea.
Thanks, I've been misspelling that.
The parent should not be downvoted. He/she is correct.