Neil Duxbury

The Nature and Authority of Precedent

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Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 307g
• ISBN-13: 9780521713368
• ISBN-10: 0521713366
• Artikelnr.: 23581504

Autorenporträt

Neil Duxbury is Professor of Law at the London School of Economics.

Inhaltsangabe

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.