casebook
noun
case·book
ˈkās-ˌbu̇k 
1
: a book containing records of illustrative cases that is used for reference and instruction (as in law or medicine)
2
: a compilation of primary and secondary documents relating to a central topic together with scholarly comment, exercises, and study aids that is designed to serve as a sourcebook for short papers (as in a writing course) or as a point of departure for a research paper
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Visible through the casebook, the movements are just as visually impressive as the dials.
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Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2023
At the end of October, teams are sent a more than 100-page casebook containing mock trial rules along with expert reports, affidavits and evidence for the year’s trial, which alternates between civil and criminal cases.
—Ethan Ehrenhaft, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2023
This week: casebook case study.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
Next year, Bowie will publish a new constitutional-law casebook; his edited text of Dred Scott v. Sandford does not omit the Court’s starkly demeaning rhetoric about Black people.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 8 June 2021
Gallo has become the casebook study for those who believe the game now lacks action, that is an all-or-nothing affair.
—Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2022
The ticks’ limited range — the Northeast and the Midwest — restricted Lyme’s range too, and the casebook on Southern Lyme slammed shut.
—Wendy Orent, Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2013
Twitter is a casebook study in not taking into account your stakeholders’ input.
—Peter Vanham, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2022
Professor Nancy Moore of the Boston University School of Law recently published a legal ethics casebook that included a chapter on bar admission.
—Andrew Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2022
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Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2023
At the end of October, teams are sent a more than 100-page casebook containing mock trial rules along with expert reports, affidavits and evidence for the year’s trial, which alternates between civil and criminal cases.
—Ethan Ehrenhaft, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2023
This week: casebook case study.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
Next year, Bowie will publish a new constitutional-law casebook; his edited text of Dred Scott v. Sandford does not omit the Court’s starkly demeaning rhetoric about Black people.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 8 June 2021
Gallo has become the casebook study for those who believe the game now lacks action, that is an all-or-nothing affair.
—Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2022
The ticks’ limited range — the Northeast and the Midwest — restricted Lyme’s range too, and the casebook on Southern Lyme slammed shut.
—Wendy Orent, Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2013
Twitter is a casebook study in not taking into account your stakeholders’ input.
—Peter Vanham, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2022
Professor Nancy Moore of the Boston University School of Law recently published a legal ethics casebook that included a chapter on bar admission.
—Andrew Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2022
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casebook
noun
case·book
ˈkās-ˌbu̇k
: a book containing medical records of illustrative cases that is used for reference and instruction
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