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Judicial Precedent Mehzeb Rahman Chowdhury Centuries ago when the English legal system was being evolved into how we know it today, the doctrine of precedent came about. It involved King Henry II permanently implementing the circuit system, which was basically a system by which the king sent judges to different parts of the country, which he divided into individual circuits, to resolve disputes among unhappy citizens. If the Royal Court of Justice endorsed a decision of one of the circuits, it became binding on all the others. This is where precedent came into being. The English legal system of precedent is based on the Latin maxim stare decisis et non quieta movere which loosely translated means 'stand by what has been decided and do not unsettle the established.' This maxim upholds the idea of fairness and provides certainty in the law. In England and Wales, the courts follow a very rigid doctrine...

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