The nature and authority of precedent / Neil Duxbury.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

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Stare decisis.

Law -- Interpretation and construction.

Judicial process.

Stare decisis -- Great Brtiain.

Judicial process -- Great Britain.

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?

This book examines how precedents constrain legal decision-makers and how precedent operates as a common law doctrine.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780521885799

xv, 189 p. ; 24 cm