Precedent in English Law.
- 4th,ed
- New York: Clarendon Law Series, 1991.
- 246p.
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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