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Only in a country with jurisprudence. Not all countries hold that court decisions require following court decisions to respect previous decisions (ie, legal pr
by r00fus 6y ago
Only in a country with jurisprudence. Not all countries hold that court decisions require following court decisions to respect previous decisions (ie, legal precedent).
- xxpor 6y agoSee the common vs civil law comment at the end. No idea how the other major legal systems like sharia work though.
- r00fus 6y agoJurisprudence isn't even uniform through Europe. IIRC, in France they don't consider precedent nearly as much as the US.
- salawat 6y agoStare decisis isn't a hill our legal system is 100% committed to dying on either. Precedent can be vacated as public sentiment changes.