Why must inferior courts obey superior court precedents¶
Caminker, E. H. (1994). Why must inferior courts obey superior court precedents. Stanford Law Review, 46(4), 817-873.
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Primes¶
- Precedent (Stare Decisis)
- Common-law jurisdictions (core domain): UK, US, Canada, Australia, India, and other common-law systems rely on stare decisis — higher courts bind lower courts; horizontal precedent typically presumptively binding but overruleable, a vertical-binding asymmetry Caminker (1994) analyzes in his canonical treatment of why inferior courts must obey superior courts.
This sourceCanonical doctrinal treatment of vertical stare decisis: analyzes the institutional rationales for which lower courts are bound by higher-court decisions and contrasts vertical with horizontal binding.
- Common-law jurisdictions (core domain): UK, US, Canada, Australia, India, and other common-law systems rely on stare decisis — higher courts bind lower courts; horizontal precedent typically presumptively binding but overruleable, a vertical-binding asymmetry Caminker (1994) analyzes in his canonical treatment of why inferior courts must obey superior courts.
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