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- noun The quality (especially of a
law ) of not beingretroactive .
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Examples
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It is... abundantly clear that the Teague rule of nonretroactivity was fashioned to achieve the goals of federal habeas while minimizing federal intrusion into state criminal proceedings.
The Supreme Court has decided an important case about the meaning of constitutional rights and federalism. Ann Althouse 2008
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These may be reasons why a state court might want to adopt nonretroactivity as a matter of state law, but that doesn't explain why federal law requires state courts to avoid applying the current rules of federal constitutional law.
Archive 2007-10-01 Ann Althouse 2007
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He asserted that the nonretroactivity of a right is part of the definition of the right, and then said that retroactivity "at least" a matter of federal common law, "and doesn't Federal common law preempt State common law?"
Archive 2007-11-01 Ann Althouse 2007
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He asserted that the nonretroactivity of a right is part of the definition of the right, and then said that retroactivity "at least" a matter of federal common law, "and doesn't Federal common law preempt State common law?"
When the Supreme Court announces a "new rule" of constitutional law, does that mean the right it articulates did not exist in the past? Ann Althouse 2007
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Article 5 of the SCM Agreement should be consistent with the principle of nonretroactivity embodied in Article 28 of the VCLT.
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Article 5 of the SCM Agreement should be consistent with the principle of nonretroactivity embodied in Article 28 of the VCLT.
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