Precedents as Rules and Practice: New Approaches and Methodologies in Studies of Legal Precedents

Dr. Amalie Frese; Mag. Julius Schumann

doi:10.5771/9783748908296

Summary

What is a legal precedent? How are precedents formed and how do they shape legal outcomes? Over the last decades, a number of studies have appeared that take a socio-legal perspective on the practices of the use of precedents by national and international courts and that have both renewed and extended previous doctrinal discussions on the topic. Based on a conference, this edited volume brings together contributions with different approaches to the study of precedents as both “rules” and “practice”. Rather than studying the binding effect of precedent, the chapters investigate the various conditions of its formation, its forms, and its functions. In so doing, they employ a broad range of methods and add new perspectives to the discussion. Thus, the book not only offers, inter alia, an exploration of the legal actors of precedents and their environment but also gives insights into recent developments in legal methodology for using and studying precedents that is relevant for legal practice and academia alike.

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Edition: 1/2021
Copyright Year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-6757-1
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7489-0829-6
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Language: English
Pages: 242
Product Type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 6
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1. 1. Introduction: A New Methodological Framework for Studies of Precedent No access
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  1. Part I: Precedent as authority: Broadening the Range of Research Methods No access
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  2. Part II: Actors and Languages of Precedent: Courts and their Communities No access
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  3. Part III: Identifying Concepts of Precedents in Legal Systems No access
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3. Final Remarks No access
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4. Bibliography No access
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1. A. Precedent and the law No access
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  1. B.I. Network analysis applied to the study of precedent No access
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  2. B.II. The contributions of network analysis. No access
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  1. C.I. Finding Relevant Precedent No access
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  2. C.II. Possibilities and Limitations No access
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4. D. Conclusion – What is precedent? No access
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5. E. Bibliography No access
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1. I Introduction No access
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  1. A. The role of case law at ECtHR No access
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  2. B. Case law citation network analysis No access
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  1. A. Selection of subset cases No access
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  2. B. From numerical to judicial authority No access
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  3. C. Preliminary conclusions No access
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4. IV. Conclusion No access
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5. Bibliography No access
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1. A. Legal doctrinal orthodoxy No access
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2. B. Naturalism revisited No access
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3. C. The sociology of authority No access
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4. D. Hermeneutic understanding No access
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5. E. Conclusion No access
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6. Bibliography No access
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1. A. Introduction No access
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  1. I. Jurisprudential No access
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  2. II. Rationalist No access
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  3. III. Sociological No access
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3. C. Practices of Precedent within Communities of Practice No access
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  1. I. Respecting Formalities No access
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  2. II. Furthering Interests No access
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  3. III. Culture Clubs No access
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5. E. Towards a Sociology of International Precedent No access
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6. F. Conclusion No access
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7. Bibliography No access
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  1. 1. The Law No access
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  2. 2. The Institution No access
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  1. 1. From a French model to a sui generis style No access
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  2. 2. Abstract reasoning with past cases No access
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  1. 1. Language No access
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  2. 2. Collegiality and secret deliberations No access
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  3. 3. Caseload No access
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  4. 4. Discussion: Legitimacy Through Reasoning No access
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5. V. Concluding Remarks No access
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6. Bibliography No access
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1. I. Introduction No access
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    1. a. What Makes a Memory Institutional? No access
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    2. b. Lawyers at the Court No access
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    3. c. Facilities of the Court No access
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    4. d. Panels and Specialization No access
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    5. e. Archives No access
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    1. a. What We Store is What We Retrieve No access
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      1. i. Availability and Forgetting No access
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      2. ii. Lost in Results No access
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3. III Curation of Memory No access
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4. IV Conclusion: The Court and its Past No access
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5. Bibliography No access
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1. A. Introduction No access
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2. B. The Position of Early Civil Codes No access
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3. C. Theoretical Approaches over Time No access
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  1. I. The Role of Courts in a codified legal system No access
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  2. II. Organization of the court system and case load No access
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  1. I. Introduction No access
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  2. II. France No access
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  3. III. Germany and Austria No access
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6. F. Access to Court Decisions No access
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  1. I. France No access
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  2. II. Germany No access
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  1. I. Deviation from prior decisions No access
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  2. II. Precedents as a Means of Concretization of Statutes No access
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  3. III. Precedents and Leave to Appeal No access
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  4. IV. Legal Malpractice and State Liability No access
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9. I. The “Authority” of Court Decisions No access
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10. J. Conclusion No access
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11. Bibliography No access
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1. 1. Definition of Precedent in the ICC Statute No access
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2. 2. Identification of Precedent in ICC Case-Law No access
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3. 3. From Constant Jurisprudence to a Constant Change of Jurisprudence on the Standard of Proof No access
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4. Conclusion No access
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5. Bibliography No access
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