A book or collection of detailed written records of actual cases, typically used in law, medicine, or education as examples for study and reference.
Compound of 'case' (an instance or matter) and 'book.' First used extensively in legal contexts to preserve important case records and precedents for future lawyers and judges to consult.
Law schools and medical schools are built on casebooks—students learn by reading actual real-world examples of how judges decided cases or how doctors diagnosed diseases, making them 'learn by precedent' rather than from abstract rules, which is why casebooks are still the primary teaching tool after centuries.
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