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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Stare Decisis"”.
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Taking precedents seriously: The influence of stare decisis on judicial decision-making.
The author examines the influence of precedent on Supreme Court decision-making in Canada. Despite its importance, very little is actually known about the factors that affect judicial decision-making. The thesis begins by defining the doctrine of precedent, discusses the virtues of adhering to a …
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Judicial Precedent in Zambia
… the doctrines of judicial precedent as well as stare decisis, which is a subject tackled in both Legal Process and Jurisprudence. However, even after covering this topic in the two aforementioned courses, these doctrines were still vague in my mind. This was further compounded by the fact that …
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Judicial Precedent in Zambia
… the doctrines of judicial precedent as well as stare decisis, which is a subject tackled in both Legal Process and Jurisprudence. However, even after covering this topic in the two aforementioned courses, these doctrines were still vague in my mind. This was further compounded by the fact that …
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Towards the Ideal: Coherence Theories of Judicial Adjudication and the Ideal Law in Hard Cases
… of Angelo-American legal theory, hard cases, and stare decisis, coherence theories of judicial adjudication will be presented and shown to suffer from conservatism. This will be argued to create problems both in unjust and just societies. The ideal law methodology, which is adapted from arguments …
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The formulation of a coherent South African approach to the classification of income and the taxation of international cross-border partnerships
… case. Bearing in mind the principle of stare decisis and the constitutional obligation to develop South African common law in line with international law, it is necessary that a body of work be developed to begin the process of reconciling South African sources of law into one coherent …
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The Act of Judging in Nigeria: A Matter of Interpretation and Judicial Discretion
… using the common law system with the doctrine of stare decisis (i.e., judicial precedents). This doctrine has shaped the context of judging in Nigeria, especially as strict adherence to precedent somewhat impacts the use of judicial discretion in the interpretation of statutes. Judging is not …
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The Brazilian Model of Precedents: a New Hybrid between Civil and Common Law?
… on some of the advantages of the doctrine of stare decisis – stability, certainty of law, equality, time-saving –, as positive criteria of functionality, in order to analyse improvements in the deliverance of justice in Brazil since the adoption of a more comprehensive approach to binding …
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External Constraints and Internal Norms on the U.S. Supreme Court
… salient. Chapter 3 looks at the norm of stare decisis and the influence of precedent on the Court's policy-making. I argue that citations of precedents signal that the opinions are deeply grounded in the law and not in justices' personal policy preferences. Justices expend more efforts to …
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A modulação da eficácia temporal na revogação de precedentes: uma análise a partir da segurança jurídica e da confiança legítima
O direito brasileiro ingressa, atualmente, em um sistema que passa a adotar os precedentes judiciais como uma fonte do direito cada vez mais relevante, inclusive, concedendo-lhes eficácia vinculante. Isso faz com que surja uma grande preocupação com a forma de manejo e as suas técnicas específicas. …
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A cláusula de reserva de plenário: uma possível garantia da unidade de fundamentação decisória no controle de constitucionalidade das leis exercido pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal
A presente pesquisa estuda a cláusula de reserva de plenário, no controle de constitucionalidade exercido pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal, a partir de um método dogmático-jurídico. Proponho a interpretação da cláusula de reserva de plenário como a exigência do voto da maioria absoluta dos membros de …