Precedent
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There was no legal
precedent
, no cultural
precedent
, no technical way of doing this.
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We have a
precedent
for this.
There is a
precedent
for technology-enabled service that has been initiated by politicians in multiple countries and has been hugely successful: national lotteries.
The issue is that this is set to engender an environmental problem that is without
precedent.
The case of Donoghue vs. Stevenson that followed set a very important legal precedent: Stevenson, the manufacturer of the ginger beer, was held to have a clear duty of care towards May Donoghue, even though there was no contract between them, and, indeed, she hadn't even bought the drink.
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