legal doctrine stating that courts should follow precedent is called stare decisis (a Latin phrase with the literal meaning "to stand by things decided")...

undemocratic judiciary in a democratic republic. On the subject of stare decisis, referring to Brown v. Board of Education, the decision overturning...

on the doctrine of stare decisis. Dissenting in Casey, Rehnquist criticized the Court's "newly minted variation on stare decisis", and asserted "that...

decisions of courts to synthesize the legal principles of past cases. Stare decisis, the principle that cases should be decided according to consistent...

right to abortion, the majority abandons stare decisis, a principle central to the rule of law. 'Stare decisis' means 'to stand by things decided.' .....

judicial circuit (vertical stare decisis) and, to a lesser degree, the issuing Court of Appeals (horizontal stare decisis)—published district court opinions...

powerful manner that his attendant stare decisis analysis immediately assumed canonical authority." Brandeis wrote: Stare decisis is usually the wise policy,...

to overrule precedent; according to Scalia, "he does not believe in stare decisis, period". By October 1, 2012, he had written 475 opinions, including...

decision in Rodriguez v British Columbia (AG), instead holding that stare decisis is "not a straitjacket that condemns the law to stasis". The Court expanded...

Court from applying Blakely to the Guidelines under the principles of stare decisis. First, United States v. Dunnigan, 507 U.S. 87 (1993), held that the...

Bwanya v Master of the High Court, Cape Town and Others is an important decision in the South African law of succession and particularly the law of intestate...

judicial activism. Aspects of judicial restraint include the principle of stare decisis (that new decisions should be consistent with previous decisions); a...

were ruled to be unconstitutional. However, under the principle of stare decisis, no sensible lower court will enforce an unconstitutional statute, and...

part of the conservative majority, but he was a strong proponent of stare decisis, believing that even some wrongly decided cases should not be overturned...

tribunals. These past decisions are called "case law", or precedent. Stare decisis—a Latin phrase meaning "let the decision stand"—is the principle by...

focused on constitutional law, originalism, statutory interpretation, and stare decisis. Her academic work has been published in the Columbia, Cornell, Virginia...

mention—the paean to stare decisis coauthored by three Members of today's majority in Planned Parenthood v. Casey. There, when stare decisis meant the preservation...

principle, thus departing from prior practice without violating the rule of stare decisis; Establishing a "test" (that is, a measurable standard that can be applied...

South African constitutional law is the area of South African law relating to the interpretation and application of the Constitution of the Republic of...

decisions under the doctrine of stare decisis. Article 59 makes clear that the common law notion of precedent or stare decisis does not apply to the decisions...

opinion "to address the important principles of judicial restraint and stare decisis implicated in this case". Roberts explained why the Supreme Court must...

of law applied in the jurisprudence constante directly compares with stare decisis. But the Louisiana Supreme Court notes the principal difference between...

the doctrines of precedent (like cases should be decided alike) and stare decisis. These principles dictate that lower courts must follow the decisions...

British Empire has adopted it (Malta being an exception). The doctrine of stare decisis, also known as case law or precedent by courts, is the major difference...

court's order and its reasoning and the application of the doctrine of stare decisis, but as a general rule direct application rules out certain possibilities...

by Roman law, notably in their Latinate legal glossary (for example, stare decisis, culpa in contrahendo, pacta sunt servanda). Eastern Europe was also...

reserve system was upheld by all three courts under the principle of stare decisis and the precedents set by Federal Baseball and Toolson. Legal scholars...

Nonetheless, and unlike in common law jurisdictions operating under stare decisis, those former judgements do not constitute a binding precedent for French...

Skidmore v. Swift & Co. (1944). However, Roberts said, the principle of stare decisis does not apply to Chevron deference in general as the court had been...

articulate two opposing views of the proper role of the doctrine of stare decisis in US law. The narrow issue in Kimble v. Marvel was whether the Court...