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Precedent is a judicial decision that serves as an authority for courts when deciding subsequent identical or similar cases. Fundamental to common law legal systems, precedent operates under the principle of stare decisis ("to stand by things decided"), where past judicial decisions serve as case law to guide future rulings, thus promoting consistency…
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| Precedent | is a | judicial decision that serves as an authority for courts when deciding subsequent identical or similar cases | 0.90 | text |
| Precedent | is a | defining feature that sets common law systems apart from civil law systems | 0.90 | text |
| Recueil Dalloz in France | instance of | this is called doctrine and may be published in treatises or in journals | 0.80 | text |
| Coke | instance of | except perhaps for the academic writings of prominent judges | 0.80 | text |
| Blackstone | instance of | except perhaps for the academic writings of prominent judges | 0.80 | text |
| Justice Antonin Scalia argue that | instance of | Originalists | 0.80 | text |
| Precedent | related to Academic study | For | 0.60 | section |
| Precedent | related to Academic study | The | 0.60 | section |
| Precedent | related to Academic study | Scholars | 0.60 | section |
| Precedent | related to Agreement with precedent | Critics | 0.60 | section |
| Precedent | related to Agreement with precedent | There | 0.60 | section |
| Precedent | related to Agreement with precedent | Supporters | 0.60 | section |
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