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Common Law, the Doctrine of Precedent and Statutory Interpretation in Australia
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Common Law, the Doctrine of Precedent and Statutory Interpretation in Australia:- A legal system is the addition of all the laws which are used to regulate a country. In the case of a settlement the first laws used to govern the settlement are the same as the laws used by the country establishing the settlement as long as the laws are not inappropriate. Australia was settled by the United Kingdom. During British colonialism the countries whose development was inherited by the British are the basis of the common law system hence Australia's legal system is the common law system. Australian courts follow the common law system. In order to decide cases according to the common law system the judges use the doctrine of precedent. It is one of the unique features of the general law. The doctrine of precedent or the stare decisis simply means that the cases which...
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