Gale Encyclopedia of American Law Volume 6 P27 fully illuminates today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, important documents and more. Legal issues are fully discussed in easy-to-understand language, including such high-profile topics as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and thousands more. | 248 LEADING CASE consumer goods for sale to the consumer at a specified price on a future date if the consumer deposits with the seller an agreed upon sum of money. LEADING CASE An important judicial decision that is frequently regarded as having settled or determined the law upon all points involved in such controversies and thereby serves as a guide for subsequent decisions. BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF TOPEKA KANSAS 347 . 483 74 . 686 98 L. Ed. 873 1954 which declared racial segregation in public schools to be in violation of the equal protection Clause of the fourteenth amendment to the . constitution is an example of a leading case. LEADING QUESTION A query that suggests to the witness how it is to be answered or puts words into the mouth of the witness to be merely repeated in his or her response. Leading questions should not be used on the direct examination of a witness unless necessary to develop the person s testimony. They are permissible however on cross-examination. When a party calls a hostile witness the adverse party or a witness identified with the opposing party leading questions can be employed during the direct examination of such a witness. LEAGUE OF NATIONS The league of nations is an international confederation of countries with headquarters in Geneva Switzerland that existed from 1920 to 1946 its creation following world war i and its dissolution following world war ii. Though the League of Nations was a flawed and generally ineffective organization many of its functions and offices were transferred to the UNITED NATIONS which benefited from the hard lessons the league learned. President woodrow wilson of the United States was the architect of the League of Nations. When the United States entered World war i on April 6 1917 wilson sought to end a war that had raged for three years and to begin constructing a new framework for international cooperation. On January 8 1918 he delivered an address to congress that named fourteen .
