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Discuss the role of judges in the English legal system. Do you think that the method of appointment of judges should be changed?
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W200 TMA 02 THE DOCTRINE OF PRECEDENT AND THE ROLE OF JUDGES Question 2 Discuss the role of judges in the English legal system. Do you think that the method of appointment of judges should be changed? The role of a judge in the English legal system is a difficult and varied one. In the body of this assignment I will first briefly introduce the English legal system, examine the role of a judge and then discuss their method of appointment and issues that surround it. The English legal system incorporates The Doctrine of Judicial Precedent, which is the principal way in which the law develops in a common law jurisdiction and relies on the concept of Stare Decisis. The doctrine of Precedent simply means that the decision of a court in any particular case will follow a decision of an earlier similar case. It has developed out of the need to...
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