Below is a list of defences set by the statutes, precedents and case law. These decisions are referred to as precedents. Media articles cited the lack of reasons, principles, legal precedents, etc. In a sense the continuing Edicts came to form a corpus of precedents. There are historical precedents other than those cited by Laffer. According to all legal precedents, emulation is legal within the United States. Design Paradigms or archetypes comprise functional precedents for design solutions. There were major historical precedents familiar to Americans and Europeans. The case resulted in a number of legal precedents. He noted that the closest historical precedents are "medieval bludgeoning weapons". Debord was cautious however to differentiate between the derive and such precedents. These are neuroethical issues with clear precedents in traditional bioethics. Important political precedents were also set in this period. Both these precedents have been followed ever since. Claims that the Romans were changing things and were acting differently from past precedents.