The nature and authority of precedent / Neil Duxbury.
2008
L32 DUX
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Title
The nature and authority of precedent / Neil Duxbury.
Author
ISBN
9780521885799 (hbk.)
Imprint
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Language
English
Description
xv, 189 p. ; 24 cm
Call Number
L32 DUX
Summary
This book examines how precedents constrain legal decision-makers and how precedent operates as a common law doctrine.
Note
This book examines how precedents constrain legal decision-makers and how precedent operates as a common law doctrine.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
1. Introduction: the usable past
2. Why does English law have a doctrine of precedent
3. Precedents as reasons
4. Distinguishing, overruling and the problem of self-reference
5. Why follow precedent?
2. Why does English law have a doctrine of precedent
3. Precedents as reasons
4. Distinguishing, overruling and the problem of self-reference
5. Why follow precedent?
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