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Overruling Precedent

Overruling Precedent is a judicial act within common law systems whereby a higher court explicitly rejects and invalidates a previously established legal ruling that had served as a binding precedent, thereby replacing it with a new interpretation of the law.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Overruled: An Event History Analysis of Lower Court Reaction to Supreme Court Alteration of Precedent

Sara C. Benesh · The Journal of Politics · 2002 · 142 citations

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Explaining the Overruling of U.S. Supreme Court Precedent

Thomas G. Hansford · The Journal of Politics · 2001 · 27 citations · Full text

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An Examination of the European Court of Human Rights' Approach to Overruling its Previous Case Law

Andrew Mowbray · Human Rights Law Review · 2009 · 21 citations · Full text

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How Judges Overrule: Speech Act Theory and the Doctrine of Stare Decisis

Pintip Hompluem Dunn · The Yale Law Journal · 2003 · 21 citations · Full text

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Does the Supreme Court's Current Doctrine of Stare Decisis Require Adherence to the Supreme Court's Current Doctrine of Stare Decisis

Michael Stokes Paulsen · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2008 · 16 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. SC
    Sara C. Benesh

    University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, United States

    2 publications · 156 citations

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  2. MS
    Michael Stokes Paulsen

    University of St. Thomas - Minnesota, United States

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  3. PH
    Pintip Hompluem Dunn

    1 publications · 21 citations

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  4. NG
    Nicola Gennaioli

    Bocconi University, Italy

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  5. AS
    Andrei Shleifer

    Harvard University, United States

    1 publications · 16 citations

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Institutions

9

  1. University of Nottingham

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

  2. University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

    Milwaukee, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    142 citations

  3. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  5. Bocconi University

    Milan, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  6. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  7. Thomas University

    Thomasville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  8. University of South Carolina

    Columbia, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

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  1. The Journal of Politics

    JP · 2 publications · 169 citations

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 2 publications · 32 citations

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  3. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  4. Human Rights Law Review

    1 publications · 21 citations

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  5. The Yale Law Journal

    1 publications · 21 citations

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