Court...................................................................................................... 5 Ratio Decidendi & Obiter Dictum ......................................................................................... 6 Types of Precedent ................................................................................................................ 7 (1) Decisions of courts lower in the hierarchy........................................................................ 9 (2) Decisions
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Judicial precedent is based upon the Latin maxim "stare decisis" which loosely translates into "stand by what has been decided and do not unsettle the established". Judicial precedent is the source of law where past decisions of the judges create law for future judges to follow‚ this law can be found in judgement that is binding. Ratio Decidendi is the part of the judgement that is binding. In the English legal system‚ higher courts bind lower courts so lower courts have to follow the past decisions
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& disadvantages of following the practice of precedent in a legal sense. Answer:- The doctrines of binding precedent is concerned with the importance of case laws in English legal system. If one case has decided a point of law then it is logical that solution will be looked at in the future. The American Judge‚ Oliver Wendell said ‘the life of the law has not been logic it has been experience’‚ Miles Kingston put it another way: binding precedent means ‘A trick which has been tried before successfully’
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Doctrine of Judicial Binding Precedent This question raises the issue of the role of precedent. In order to examine the statement‚ scrutiny of the doctrine of the judicial precedent is required. Case law is used to describe the collection of reported decisions of the courts‚ and the principles which stem from them. Lord Macmillan made this observation that the case by case development is superior to those based on hypothetical models. “.....any fixed theory and that principles always fail because
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disadvantages of the doctrine of precedent and how judges may make new law. Include 1 case where judges have made new law. The doctrine of precedent is an important feature of judge-made law (common law). This doctrine means that similar disputes should be decided by reference to the same legal principles‚ and that lower courts are bound to follow the decisions of higher courts within the same court hierarchy. There are both advantages and disadvantages of the doctrine of precedent and the way in which judges
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OF LEGAL PRECEDENTS ADITI GHOSH 2ND Yr. LL.B. (HONS.) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW RAJIV GANDHI SCHOOL OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW IIT KHARAGPUR 15 August 2011 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 1 WHAT IS MEANT BY A PRECEDENT? 2 TYPES OF PRECEDENTS 2 Original precedent 2 Authoritative or Binding precedent 2 Persuasive precedent 3 THE DOCTRINE OF STARE DECISIS? 3 HOW RELEVANT IS THE IDEA OF JUDICIAL PRECEDENTS? 6 WHAT IS THE BINDING ELEMENT OF A CASE? 7 WHY SHOULD WE FOLLOW PRECEDENTS IN DECIDING
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DOCTRINE OF PRECEDENT AND STARE DECISIS What do you understand by precedent in the English legal system? It is a legal case establishing a principle or rule that a court or other judicial body may utilize when deciding subsequent cases with similar issues or facts. What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a legal system based upon the doctrine of precedent instead of having a legal system based upon codified law? Advantages 1. Provides certainty in law. 2. Judges have clear
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The doctrine of judicial precedent is based on the principle of stare decisis which means ‘to stand by what has been decided’. It is a common law principle whereby judges are bound to follow previous decisions in cases where the material facts are sufficiently similar and the earlier decision was made in a court above the current one in the court hierarchy. This doctrine of precedent is extremely strong in English law as it ensures fairness and consistency and it highlights the importance of case
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advantages and disadvantages of the doctrine of precedent. The doctrine of precedent means that judges refer back to previous decisions to help them decide similar cases where the law and facts are alike. Top of Form Bottom of Form Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the doctrine of precedent. Judicial precedent concerns itself with the influence and value of past decisions of case law and prior legal experience. The doctrine of precedent means that judges refer back to previous decisions
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phrase from a Latin maxim stare decisis et non quieta movere. The maxim means “to stand firmly by things that have been decided and not to rouse/disturb/move things at rest.” The doctrine of precedent based on the system of stare decisis has its origin in the common law of England. Doctrine of precedent plays a vital role in the Municipal law. The domestic courts of almost every nation follow this doctrine very religiously while adjudicating. Any dispute before a court of law has
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