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Where there are several members of a court deciding a case, there may be one or more judgments given (or reported). Only the reason for the decision of the majority can constitute a binding precedent, but all may be cited as persuasive, or their reasoning may be adopted in an argument. Apart from the
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by some material difference between the facts of the cases; some jurisdictions allow for a judge to recommend that an appeal be carried out. If that judgment goes to appeal, the appellate court will have the opportunity to review both the precedent and the case under appeal, perhaps overruling the
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A lower court may not rule against a binding precedent, even if it feels that it is unjust; it may only express the hope that a higher court or the legislature will reform the rule in question. If the court believes that developments or trends in legal reasoning render the precedent unhelpful, and
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traditionally have played a much smaller role in developing case law in common law than professors in civil law. Because court decisions in civil law traditions are historically brief and not formally amenable to establishing precedent, much of the exposition of the law in civil law traditions is
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The different roles of case law in civil and common law traditions create differences in the way that courts render decisions. Common law courts generally explain in detail the legal rationale behind their decisions, with citations of both legislation and previous relevant judgments, and often
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Any court may seek to distinguish the present case from that of a binding precedent, to reach a different conclusion. The validity of such a distinction may or may not be accepted on appeal of that judgment to a higher court. An appellate court may also decide on an entirely new and different
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in France. Historically, common law courts relied little on legal scholarship; thus, at the turn of the twentieth century, it was very rare to see an academic writer quoted in a legal decision (except perhaps for the academic writings of prominent judges such as
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common law tradition; however, their substantive law is firmly rooted in the civil law tradition. Because of their position between the two main systems of law, these types of legal systems are sometimes referred to as mixed systems of law.
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In federal or multi-jurisdictional law systems there may exist conflicts between the various lower appellate courts. Sometimes these differences may not be resolved, and it may be necessary to distinguish how the law is applied in one
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is contrasted with a number of other terms. First, in denoting the body of judge-made law based on that developed in England… erhaps most commonly within Anglo-American jurisdictions,
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The reason for this difference is that these civil law jurisdictions adhere to a tradition that the reader should be able to deduce the logic from the decision and the statutes.
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can deviate from its earlier decisions, although in practice it rarely does. A notable example of when the court has overturned its precedent is the case of
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previous case law by setting a new precedent of higher authority. This may happen several times as the case works its way through successive appeals.
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analysis from that of junior courts, and may or may not be bound by its own previous decisions, or in any case, may distinguish them on the facts.
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wishes to evade it and help the law evolve, it may either hold that the precedent is inconsistent with subsequent authority, or that it should be
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are sometimes included among the civil law systems, but as a separate branch, and sometimes counted as separate from the civil law tradition. In
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rules of procedure for precedent, the weight given to any reported judgment may depend on the reputation of both the reporter and the judges.
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is used to determine the actual applicability and limits of a law and not, as in common law jurisdictions, the creation of law.
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but are not technically binding. By contrast, decisions in civil law jurisdictions are generally shorter, referring only to
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1. The body of law derived from judicial decisions, rather than from statutes or constitutions; CASE LAW STATUTORY LAW.
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binding on other courts; further analyses not strictly necessary to the determination of the current case are called
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have been decided. Unlike most civil law systems, common law systems follow the doctrine of
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tradition, courts decide the law applicable to a case by interpreting statutes and applying
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will resolve such differences and, for many reasons, such appeals are often not granted.
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Generally speaking, higher courts do not have direct oversight over the lower
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are each bound by their own previous decisions, however, since 1966 the
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interpret the wider legal principles. The necessary analysis (called
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to decide a case. Widely cited non-binding sources include legal
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and may be published in treatises or in journals such as
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done by academics rather than by judges; this is called
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decisions from previous cases, rather than law based on
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These judicial interpretations are distinguished from
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