Because each judicial opinion serves as a precedent for later decisions, as a result, common law is sometimes called judge-made law.

因为每一个司法判决的意见都是今后判决的先例，所以，普通法系有时也被称为法官造法。

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Flunking out of law school, I believe, made me a better judge; it certainly taught me about the weaknesses of the human condition, and about the need to give people second chances.

我认为从法学院退学使我成为一名更好的法官，这件事当然使我认识到了人性的脆弱，并且让我知道必须给人以第二次机会。

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The bulk of American contract law is judge-made case law.

美国合同法的大部分是由法官创制的判例法。

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Or, horror of horrors, rein in judge-made law that seems designed to compensate one consumer at the expense of all others.

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And even some journalists wonder if a new statute on privacy might be simpler than the accretion of judge-made law that has grown up in recent years.

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For non-lawyers who want an introduction to the judge-made system we call the common law, this book is the ideal primer.

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