Precedent is a legal principle, created by a court decision, which provides an example or authority for judges deciding similar issues later.
The European Court of Human Rights developed its own stance on the authority of precedent in various judgments. The positions of the two jurisdictions on the issue are substantially the same. The precedents are to be followed and their authority is binding for the courts....
The Push for Precedent in Russia's Judicial System Russia is currently undergoing a spirited public debate over the role of precedent in a civil-law system. This article examines this debate from a theoreti... W Pomeranz,M Gutbrod - 《Review of Central & East European Law》...
Aldisert, Ruggero J. 1989. "Precedent: What It Is and What It Isn't: When Do We Kiss It and When Do We Kill It." Pepperdine Law Review 17:605.Aldisert, Ruggero J. 1990. Precedent: What it is and what it isn't; When do we kiss it and when do we kill it? Pepperdine Law ...
Therefore, in explaining the sex assignment of a person with 46,XX congenital adrenal hyperplasia, avoid saying that her XX genotype proves she is female. This could create bad precedent for, say, a patient with 46,XY androgen insensitivity syndrome who is correctly assi...
9月20日,受我院Norman Ho教授邀请,弗吉尼亚大学法学院法学研究教授Richard M. Re教授将于线上举行主题为“What Does Precedent Do in the US Legal System?”的线上公开讲座。 主题/TOPIC:What Does Precedent Do in the US Legal...
aBreaking with a precedent set in Griggs v. Duke Power Company, the Supreme Court said the employees (not the employer) had the burden of showing any disparity was caused by the employers disputed practice. Recall that in Griggs v. Duke Power Company the Supreme Court had defined what was ...
Antecedent is used as anadjectiveor a noun and as a noun, it refers something that go ahead of another. Precedent is referred as an adjective or a noun. ... When it is used as a noun, it refers to an event that is happened before and can be represented as an example. ...
Under the doctrine of judicial precedent what is the effect of an obiter dictum of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (House of Lords) ? A. Binds no courts at all but is followed by most other courts in practice. B. Binds all other courts including the Supreme Court of the ...
a precedent made by courts below it in the legal hierarchy, the new ruling will become stare decisis on similar court hearings. If a case ruled in a Kansas court, which has abided by a certain precedent for decades, is taken to the U.S. Supreme Court and is then overturned by that ...