doctrine of precedent
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdoctrineandprecedent
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doctrine
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈdɒk.trɪn/us/ˈdɑːk.trɪn/
a belief or set of beliefs, especially political or religious ones, that are taught and accepted by a ...
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precedent
noun
uk/ˈpres.ɪ.dənt/us/ˈpres.ə.dent/
an action, situation, or decision that has already happened and can be used as a reason why a similar action or decision should be performed ...
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(Definition ofdoctrineandprecedentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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What thedoctrineofprecedentis seeking to achieve, then, is a subtle counterpoise to the erosion of consensus.
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The way that thedoctrineofprecedentoperates in the common law, then, is difficult to square with the virtues normally associated with rulebased decision-making.
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As this ancient view dissolved, the moderndoctrineofprecedentemerged.
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The fundamental requirement of thedoctrineofprecedent, as we have seen, is to treat earlier cases as correctly decided.
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On the contrary: thedoctrineofprecedentoperates without giving the courts lawmaking power.
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The desirability of this is manifest in the fact that in most federal systems, thedoctrineofprecedentis not applied horizontally.
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Instead, the common law is a form of case-by-case decision-making, and thedoctrineofprecedentconstrains this decision-making by requiring later courts to treat earlier cases as correctly decided.
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The fundamental requirement of the common-lawdoctrineofprecedent, it will be recalled, is that earlier decisions must be treated as correctly decided on their facts.
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Although some points are raised on the nature of statutory interpretation, my interest is in the operation of thedoctrineofprecedentin the common law.
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Appreciating how to distinguish, how to see the relevance of the facts in the earlier case, is integral to understanding how thedoctrineofprecedentworks.
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Once this perspective is taken on thedoctrineofprecedent, a range of features of the common law make much more sense than they otherwise would.
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I am not sure that thedoctrineofprecedentshould apply in cases of tribunals.
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We are governed to an excessive extent by thedoctrineofprecedent.
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Furthermore, there is nodoctrineofprecedent.
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But in common law countries, where matters are not constitutional, the judiciary may also create law under thedoctrineofprecedent.
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Magistrates are constrained in their ability to develop crimes at common law by virtue of thedoctrineofprecedent.
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This argument relies on thedoctrineofprecedent; it assumes that the instant case will be decided the same way as was the nearest case.
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Thedoctrineofprecedentdeveloped during the 12th and 13th centuries, as the collective judicial decisions that were based in tradition, custom and precedent.
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