The government was expected to win easily - and even if it had lost, the result would not be binding on ministers.

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The government calls for a new procedure so the Strasbourg court can offer advisory opinions that would not be binding on national courts.

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The vote will not be binding on the government (that's because it's a backbench debate triggered under a new mechanism which allows petitions with more than 100, 000 signatures to be given Commons time).

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Objections raised by the panel - the Government Advisory Committee (Gac) - will not be binding on net address regulator Icann (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), but the organisation must produce "well reasoned arguments" if it decides to deny any request.

BBC: Icann net address endings to face government objections

If the administration negotiates this agreement - whether you call it a treaty or not this agreement - is it going to be binding on the next president?

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Since one court's rulings are not binding on another, a single legal question can be tried separately thousands of times.

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