[LAW-LIB:58646] RE: Legal term

From: Ruth Balkin (rbalkin@earthlink.net)
Date: Wed Apr 01 2009 - 10:46:24 PDT

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    I’d like to thank everyone (too numerous to list individually) for the
    advice and help regarding the terms. It seems that “prospective” and “ex
    post facto” are the terms my sister was looking for.

    Special thanks to Ed Edmonds for info on the case Toolson v. New York
    Yankees, Inc.
    346 U.S. 356 (1953)  

    I also loved Holly Lakatos’ answer:
    I don’t think that there is such a term. Ex post facto is the term that is
    used to describe “retroactive laws”. In the US, such laws are generally
    banned by the constitution (article I, sec. 9). Since it’s for a fictional
    piece, though, perhaps the author could coin a new phrase!

    Thanks to Ruth Alcabes for the definition of Prospective from Findlaw

    Susan, check out these terms to see which ones work best.

    And thanks again to everyone.

    Ruth G. Balkin
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     ----- Original Message -----
    From: Ruth Balkin
    To: law-lib@ucdavis.edu
    Cc: srubin5190@comcast.net
    Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 11:57 AM
    Subject: [LAW-LIB:58642] Legal term

    Hi everyone. This is posted on behalf of Susan Rubinstein.

    We are looking for the legal term that describes the concept of a law or
    case decision not being retroactive. In other words, a decision handed down
    in the 24th century would not apply in the 21st century. Kind of the reverse
    of stare decisis (not sure of the spelling of this and don’t feel like
    getting the dictionary).

    If you know what this is off the top of your head, please e-mail me. Don’t
    go to a lot of trouble; this is for a fictional writing project on
    fanfiction.net
    If anyone is really interested, I’ll post the details. The stories are
    hysterical!

    Ruth G. Balkin
    Legal Industry Marketing Specialist
    Balkin Information Services
    295 Hurstbourne Rd
    Rochester NY 14609-5504
    Phone 585-482-1506    Fax 585-654-5235
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