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Describe the most important features of the doctrine of judicial precedent.
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a. Describe the most important features of the doctrine of judicial precedent. (10) Judicial precedent is following a standard or particular benchmark that the highest court in the land, the House of Lords has set. This means that the law stays consistent and fair, and applies to all people equally. The first fundamental principle for judicial precedent to work is to have a clear hierarchy of the courts. This means that it is clear that the House of lords, at the top of the Hierarchy lays down the precedent for all inferior courts to follow. There are two forms of law, these being Criminal law and Civil law. The highest court for Criminal cases is the House of Lords and the highest in civil cases is the European Court of Justice. This means that the precedent these courts set must be followed by lower courts. The second fundamental principle is to maintain an...
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