courts as legislators

Courts As Legislators The purpose of this paper is to show that although not originally intended to, some our modern day courts in the United States have in essence become legislators. I will give a brief overview of the history of courts and site some cases where the decisions handed down or the opinions of the court have set precedent in the way the law is understood and enforced. As long as man has been …

…of the laws and amendments they have reviewed, have dictated the way the police departments, other law enforcement agencies and courts do business, thus in my opinion acting as legislators in some form. COURTS AS LEGISLATORS BIBLIOGRAPHY InfoPedia 2.0 1992-1995 Softkey Multimedia American History Online- http://Longman.awl.com Find Law: Laws, Cases and Codes - http://Findlaw.com Encyclopedia Britannica- http://Britannica.com Business Law-The Legal, Ethical, and International Environment Third edition Henry R. Cheeseman