Principle

JUDICIAL PRECEDENT – Benefits of Following Previous Decisions

Area of law
JUDICIAL PRECEDENT
Court
Supreme Court

Following previous decisions (unless perverse or per incuriam) offers many benefits: stability, consistency, coherence, continuity, respect for the past, equality of treatment for similarly situated litigants, sparing judges from re-examining settled principles, and predictability. The doctrine of stare decisis promotes orderly development of law. Litigants…

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