Columbia Law Review · 1992 · 80 citations · 0 references
LawJurisprudenceLegal ReasoningDoctrinal AnalysisPrecedent InterpretationSources Of LawStare DecisisCourt PrecedentHorizontal Stare DecisisJudicial Reasoning ProcessesObiter DictumPrecedent ReasoningRatio Decidendi AnalysisReasoning By PrecedentVertical Stare Decisis
The English doctrine of precedent ratio decidendi and obiter dictum stare decisis exceptions to stare decisis precedent as a source of law precedent and judicial reasoning precedent and legal theory the future.