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The word precedent (also known as stare decisis) is derived from Latin and means something done or said that may serve as an example or rule to justify a similar subsequent act or statement; a judicial decision that serves as a rule for subsequent similar cases. Precedent was used in the English law for hundred's of years, in 1865 the (ICL) Incorporated Council of Law reported, kept notes of cases and their outcome. This was how reporting was established. One of the major considerations on how someone is tried in a court of law depends upon the previous convictions of similar cases. This law of precedent (stare decisis) was founded hundreds of years ago as part of our common law. The literal translation of stare decisis is "that like cases be decided alike." Precedents in law play a fundamental role in the judicial processes of England. From stealing a loaf...

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