Legal precedent

Landes, W. M., & Posner, R. A. (1976). Legal precedent: A theoretical and empirical analysis. Journal of Law and Economics, 19(2), 249-307.

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1976

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• Precedent (Stare Decisis)
  • The system amortizes decision effort across time, a cost-economy property Landes and Posner (1976) formalize in their economic analysis treating precedent as a capital stock of legal information.

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