Doctrines

The named legal rules, tests and principles courts and scholars apply across cases, organized here by the field of law each doctrine belongs to: constitutional and administrative law, criminal law and procedure, civil procedure, contract and property, tort and equity, and international and comparative law. Belongs here: a named rule or principle with its own recognized label (Habeas Corpus, Stare Decisis, Mens Rea). Does not belong here: a single case that established or applied a doctrine, which is a landmark-case entity, or a codified statute, which is a code entity.