Answer:
(1) using an earlier case as a guide.
Explanation:
A court refers to an enclosed space such as a hall or chamber where legal practitioners (judges, lawyers or attorneys and a jury) converge to hold judicial proceedings.
There are different types of courts and these includes;
I. Trial court.
II. Circuit court.
III. Appeal court.
IV. Supreme court.
Legal practitioners such as judges are saddled with the legal responsibility of listening to evidences, facts and thereafter, give a verdict about legal cases based on laws and landmark case.
A landmark case can be defined as an earlier court case that establishes a new law and sets new precedents because of its historical and legal significance. Thus, a landmark case substantially affects how an existing law is interpreted and applied to new court cases.
Some examples of landmark cases around the world are;
I. Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalvaru & Ors. v. State of Kerala & Anr.
II. Amalgamated Society of Engineers v Adelaide Steamship Co. Ltd.
III. Mahe v Alberta.
IV. McCulloch v. Maryland
V. Law v Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration).
VI. Tsilhqot'in Nation v British Columbia.
VII. Worcester v. Georgia (1832).
VIII. Gibbons v. Ogden (1824).
This ultimately implies that, courts that use a landmark case as precedent for a decision are using an earlier case as a guide.
