Judicial Decision Making¶
The Open University. Judicial Decision Making: Ratio Decidendi and Obiter Dicta.
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- Follow–Distinguish–Overrule Memo
- It forces the decision to separate the binding proposition from mere commentary, echoing the classic distinction between a holding's ratio decidendi and its non-binding obiter dicta.
This sourceOpenLearn (n.d.). Ratio decidendi supplies a precedent's binding principle; obiter dicta are non-binding commentary.
- It forces the decision to separate the binding proposition from mere commentary, echoing the classic distinction between a holding's ratio decidendi and its non-binding obiter dicta.
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