The Nature and Authority of Precedent

ISBN-13: 9780521713368 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 206 str.

Neil Duxbury

Opis

An examination of how precedent operates as a common-law doctrine.

Recenzje

"...For the American reader concerned with precedent in constitutional law, there is much food for thought..."
--Matthew J. Franck, Radford University; Visiting Fellow, Princeton University, The Law and Politics Book Review

Spis treści

Part I. Introduction - The Usable Past: 1. Precedent; 2. Positivism and precedent; 3. A theory of precedent?; Part II. Why Does English Law Have a Doctrine of Precedent?: 4. The formation of a doctrine of precedent; Part III. Precedents as Reasons: 5. Looking for a certain ratio; 6. Shortcuts to reason; 7. Pre-emptive precedent?; 8. Conclusion; Part IV. Distinguishing, Overruling and the Problem of Self-Reference: 9. Distinguishing; 10. Overruling; 11. The power to overrule oneself; 12. The authority of the Practice Statement; Part V. Why Follow Precedent?: 13. Consequentialist justifications; 14. Deontological arguments; 15. Conclusion.