The nature and authority of precedent /

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Neil Duxbury examines how precedents constrain legal decision-makers and how legal decision-makers relax and avoid those constraints. There is no single principle or theory which explains the authority of precedent but rather a number of arguments which raise rebuttable presumptions in favour of pre...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Duxbury, Neil
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Colección:Cambridge books online.
Temas:
Stare decisis.
Judicial process.
Stare decisis > Great Brtiain.
Judicial process > Great Britain.
Stare decisis > Great Britain.
Processus judiciaire.
Stare decisis > Grande-Bretagne.
Processus judiciaire > Grande-Bretagne.
LAW > Jurisprudence.
LAW > General Practice.
LAW > Reference.
LAW > Essays.
LAW > Paralegals & Paralegalism.
LAW > Practical Guides.
Judicial process
Stare decisis
Great Britain
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. I. Introduction: the usable past. Precedent ; Positivism and precedent ; A theory of precedent?
  • pt. II. Why does English law have a doctrine of precedent?. The formation of a doctrine of precedent
  • pt. III. Precedents as reasons. Looking for a certain ratio ; Shortcuts to reason ; Pre-emptive precedent? ; Conclusion
  • pt. IV. Distinguishing, overruling and the problem of self-reference. Distinguishing ; Overruling ; The power to overrule oneself ; The authority of the practice statement
  • pt. V. Why follow precedent?. Consequentialist justifications ; Deontological arguments ; Conclusion.

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