casebook
Precedent reference volume
A casebook is a collection of detailed records or examples used for study, especially in law and medicine.
Law students work through casebooks containing court decisions that illustrate legal principles.
In other contexts, a casebook compiles instances of a phenomenon: a casebook of psychiatric disorders, a Sherlock Holmes casebook.
As an adjective, casebook means典型的 or textbook: a casebook example of corruption.
Formal examination of facts
- cluesHints toward answers
- deductionConclusion from premises
- sleuthingInvestigative work
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
solve · forensics · evidence · crime · profiling · inquiry · interrogation · surveillance
Snug lower undergarments
- litigationLegal dispute process
- jurisprudencePhilosophy governing legal systems
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
- defendantParty facing charges
testimony · subpoena · appellate · verdict · tort · docket · amicus · adjudication
Deliberate learning effort
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- exampleRepresentative case shown
- illustrationPicture explaining something
- scenarioPostulated event sequence
teaching · seminar · coursework · curriculum · methodology · research · pedagogy · learning
Gathered works assembled together
- collectionGathered set of items
- compendiumCondensed reference collection
- anthologyCollected literary works volume
- handbookCompact reference guide
archive · documentation · index · citation · record · volume · edition · source
investigation
Formal examination of facts
mystery · solve · forensics · evidence · crime · profiling · inquiry · interrogation · surveillance · puzzle
briefs
Snug lower undergarments
- litigationLegal dispute process
- jurisprudencePhilosophy governing legal systems
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
defendant · testimony · subpoena · appellate · verdict · tort · docket · amicus · adjudication · barrister
study
Deliberate learning effort
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- exampleRepresentative case shown
- illustrationPicture explaining something
scenario · teaching · seminar · coursework · curriculum · methodology · research · pedagogy · learning · instruction
compilation
Gathered works assembled together
- collectionGathered set of items
- compendiumCondensed reference collection
- anthologyCollected literary works volume
handbook · archive · documentation · index · citation · record · volume · edition · source · digest
diagnosis
Identification of illness
anamnesis · rounds · pathology · etiology · patient · consultation · referral · workup · findings · outcome
- compilationsanthology, compilation, anthologies, collection, collected stories
- Sherlock HolmesSherlock Holmes, Watson, Baker Street, Moriarty, Mrs. Hudson
- academic resourcesencyclopedia, dictionary, handbook, journal article, dissertation
- law schoollaw school, law schools, law student, law students, law degree
- legal bookslaw dictionary, hornbook, treatise, nutshell, lawbook
- legal writingslegal brief, legal opinion, court opinion, judicial opinion, law review
casebookstatute book
Compiled body of legislation
code · treatise · hornbook · legal code · textbook
casebookhypothetical scenarios
Imagined cases for analysis
thought experiments · theoretical models · blank slate · speculation · conjecture