Full Description
This book contains a series of essays discussing the uses of precedent as a source of law and a basis for legal arguments in nine different legal systems, representing a variety of legal traditions. Precedent is fundamental to law, yet theoretical and ideological as well as legal considerations lead to its being differently handled and rationalised in different places. Out of the comparative study come the six theoretical and synoptic essays that conclude the volume.
Contents
Contents: Introduction, D. Neil MacCormick and Robert S. Summers; Precedent in the Federal Republic of Germany, Robert Alexy and Ralph Dreier; Precedent in Finland, Aulis Aarnio; Precedent in France, Michel Troper and Christophe Grzegorczyk; Precedent in Italy, Massimo La Torre and Michele Taruffo; Precedent in Norway, Svein Eng; Precedent in Poland, Lech Morawski and Marek Zirk-Sadowski; Precedent in Spain, Francisco J. Laporta and Alfonso Ruiz Miguel; Precedent Interpretation in Sweden, Gunnar Bergholtz and Aleksander Peczenick; Precedent in the United Kingdom, Zenon Bankowski, D. Neil MacCormick and Geoffrey Marshall; Precedent in the United States (New York State), Robert S. Summers; Precedent in European Community Law, John J. Barceló; Institutional Factors Influencing Precedents, Michele Taruffo; The Binding Force of Precedent, Aleksander Peczenick; Rationales for Precedent, Zenon Bankowski, D. Neil MacCormick, Lech Morawski and Alfonso Ruiz Miguel; What is Binding in a Precedent, Geoffrey Marshall; Departures from Precedent, Svein Eng and Robert S. Summers; Further General Reflections and Conclusions; D. Neil MacCormick and Robert S. Summers.
