Precedent in English Law.
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TextPublication details: New York: Clarendon Law Series, 1991Edition: 4th,edDescription: 246pISBN: 9780198761631Subject(s): Stare decisis -- Great Britain | Stare decisis -- England | Stare decisisDDC classification: 347.42 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 347.42 HAR/P (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 051308 |
I. THE ENGLISH DOCTRINE OF PRECEDENT, p.3 --
1. Preliminary statement, p.3 --
2. IlIustrations, p.7 --
3. Comparison with France, p.10 --
4. Comparison with the European Court of Justice, p.15 --
5. Contrast with USA, p.19 --
6. Contrast with Scotland, p.20 --
7. Contrast with parts of the Commonwealth, p.22 --
8. History, p.24 --
9. Judicial regrets, p.36 --
II. RATIO DECIDENDI AND OBlTER DICTUM, p.39 --
1. Ratio decidendi and the structure of judgments, p.39 --
2. The American realists, p.49 --
3. Wambaugh's test, p.52 --
4. Lord Halsbury in Quinn v. Leathem, p.57 --
5. Dr Goodhart's method of determining the ratio decidendi, p.63 --
6. Descriptions of the ratio decidendi, p.72 --
7. Obiter dicta, p.75 --
8. Cases with more than one ratio decidendi, p.81 --
9. The ratio decidendi of appellate courts, p.84 --
III. STARE DECISIS, p.97 --
I. Introductory, p.97 --
2. The House of Lords, p.102 --
3. The Court of Appeal (Civil Division), p.108 --
4 The Court of Appeal (Criminal Division), p.116 --
5. Divisional courts, p.119 --
6. The High Court, p.122 --
7. The Crown Court, p.123 --
8. Inferior courts, p.123 --
IV. EXCEPTIONS TO STARE DECISIS, p.125 --
I. Introductory, p.125 --
2. The House of Lords, p.135 --
3. The Court of Appeal (Civil Division), p.143 --
4. The Court of Appeal (Criminal Division), p.154 --
5. Other courts, p.156 --
6. Decisions without argument, p.158 --
7. Obsolete decisions, p.162 --
8. Summary of exceptions to stare decisis, p.163 --
V. PRECEDENT AS A SOVRCE OF LAW, p.1 --
1. The difference sources of law, p.166 --
2. Precedent and custom, p.167 --
3. The relation ofprecedent to legislation, p.173 --
4. Precedent and the interpretation of statutes, p.177 --
5. Precedent and European Community law, p.182 --
VI. PRECEDENT AND JUDICIAL REASONING, p.186 --
1. Introductory, p.186 --
2. Deduction and induction in judicial reasoning, p.187 --
3. Reasoning by analogy, p.192 --
4. Conceptualism and reasoning by analogy, p.196 --
5. Cases of first impression, p.200 --
6. Conclusions, p.206 --
VII. PRECEDENT AND LEGALTHEORY, p.208 --
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