And, since the act was passed, at least some of the convention rights–such as those not to be tortured or held indefinitely without charge have become more firmly rooted in English common law (which is based on precedent), argues Philippe Sands, a law professor at University College London.Devolution complicates matters further.
In Japan, where university funding has been based on precedent and enrolment and there is little oversight of programmes and performance, the government is moving slowly towards greater accountability.
Yet the law is supposed to be based on precedent, tradition, logic, reason and objectivity, not political whim.
"The manual is based on precedent, so it's tough to legislate for what we're up against today," Johnson told VICE News.
The rules covered all prospects, according to General Manager Brian Cashman, and were based on precedents of overused pitchers.
But Colin Myler, editor of The News of the World, said the judgment was based on precedents established by "judges in Strasbourg," seat of the European Court of Human Rights, and that the issues involved had never been addressed by Britain's Parliament.
Visitors are invited to write messages and insert them into the heads of the female figures, none more than a foot tall, which the artist says are based on Mesopotamian precedents.
A viticultural area is a specific grape-growing region whose boundaries are based on geographical features, climate and historical precedent.
Newer laws involving sexual harassment and LGBTQ rights are based on the Civil Rights laws that set the precedent.
Verification of the results are based on a Fabry Perot cavity model based semi-analytic method, without earlier precedent.
