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Explain how the doctrine of precedent operates and examine when judges are, or are not, bound to follow decisions in previous case.
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Manchester Metropolitan University BA (Hons) Accounting & Finance Year 1- 2001/2002 Law Assignment Assignment Title "The doctrine of judicial precedent or stare decisis, holds that judges in lower-ranking courts are bound to follow legal principles previously formulated by judges in higher-ranking courts". Ewan Macintyre Question Explain how the doctrine of precedent operates and examine when judges are, or are not, bound to follow decisions in previous case. Introduction I am concerned in this assignment to explain how different law courts judge a new case according to the case law or doctrine of precedent. I will explain this question in three sections. Firstly, I will introduce the different law counts in England. Secondly, I will explain what the precedent is. Finally, how the doctrine of precedent operates and examine when judge are, or are not, bound to follow decisions in previous case will be represented. The courts of law in England consist of five different main level courts. Look at figure...
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