Precedents as Rules and Practice

Dr. Amalie Frese; Mag. Julius Schumann

doi:10.5771/9783748908296

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