Edgar Allan Poe sued his publisher for preventing him from publishing his work in works that were not produced by his publisher. Edgar claimed that the contract gave him the right to publish wherever he wished. The judge relied on the decision of Mark Twain v. Steamboat Publishing to determine the outcome of the case. The judge is relying on
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______ law, also known as
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______ law.

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Edgar Allan Poe sued his publisher for preventing him from publishing his work in works that were not produced by his publisher. Edgar claimed that the contract gave him the right to publish wherever he wished. The judge relied on the decision of Mark Twain v. Steamboat Publishing to determine the outcome of the case. The judge is relying on 
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______ law, also known as 
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______ law.

BlackTom AI · Accepted Answer

Common law is judge-made law created by judicial decisions, so the blanks are "common" and "case" — common law is also called case law.

1. Relevant knowledge points and concepts
- Precedent: courts often rely on prior judicial decisions when deciding similar disputes.
- Common law: law developed through judicial decisions rather than statutes; synonymous with "case law."
- Stare decisis: the doctrine that courts should follow precedent; it is a principle for applying precedent, not a synonym for the type of law.
- Criminal law: a substantive area of law dealing with offenses against the state; irrelevant here.

2. Step-by-step reasoning
- Fact: The judge relied on the decision in Mark Twain v. Steamboat Publishing. That means the judge used a prior judicial decision to resolve the current dispute.
- Identification: Using a prior decision indicates reliance on law produced by courts (judge-made law).
- Terminology mapping: Judge-made law = common law. Law derived from cases = case law. Thus, common law is also called case law.

3. Intermediate steps (explicit)
- Prior decision exists → reliance on precedent.
- Reliance on precedent → application of law created by courts.
- Law created by courts = common law.
- Another term for law created by courts = case law.
- Therefore blanks = "common" and "case."

4. Why the correct answer is correct
- The judge’s use of Mark Twain v. Steamboat Publishing demonstrates reliance on judicial decisions (common law). The common-law system’s outputs are commonly referred to as case law because they are contained in reported cases.

5. Why other options are incorrect
- "case; stare decisis": While "case law" describes the source, "stare decisis" is the doctrine of following precedent, not another name for case law.
- "stare decisis; criminal" and "common; criminal": "Criminal" is a substantive field and not synonymous with a type of law created by precedents, so these are wrong.

6. Conclusion
The correct completion is "common; case," which matches the provided answer.

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