Precedents are important in Swedish law too, but they don't at all play the central role they do in Anglo-Saxon / Commonwealth law. Swedish law is, not surprisi

Precedents are important in Swedish law too, but they don't at all play the central role they do in Anglo-Saxon / Commonwealth law. Swedish law is, not surprising, closer to German / Central European in that sense. There's a whole tree of Wikipedia articles available for those easily amused by these things.