Also known as precedential, legal precedent
Precedent is a judicial decision that serves as an authority for courts when deciding subsequent identical or similar cases. Fundamental to common law legal systems, precedent operates under the principle of stare decisis ("to stand by things decided"), where past judicial decisions serve as case law to guide future rulings, thus promoting consistency and predictability.
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- sources of law
- Part of
- legal case
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- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
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- tribunal
- has cause
- case law
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Article · 日本語
判例（はんれい、英語: judicial precedents）は、裁判において具体的事件における裁判所が示した法律的判断。日本法においては特に最高裁判所が示した判断をいう。これに対し、下級審の判断は実務上「裁判例」と呼ばれ区別される。英米法においては裁判所の判断のうち「レイシオ・デシデンダイ」（ラテン語: ratio decidendi）として法的拘束力を有するものをいう。
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