Best Law Talks » Judicial Law http://www.bestlawtalks.com Experience law and its implications, domestically and internationally Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:53:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 What Is … Stare Decisis? http://www.bestlawtalks.com/index.php/2009/03/24/stare-decisis/ http://www.bestlawtalks.com/index.php/2009/03/24/stare-decisis/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:29:25 +0000 kevin http://www.bestlawtalks.com/?p=83 Stare decisis is the principle in common law that prior decisions are authoritative and binding for all cases where the facts are the same.  The implication is that any case with the same facts must be decided the same as any previously decided case.  This principle is how judicial decisions become binding precedent under common law.

The term literally means “standing by decisions” or “standing by things decided” in Latin.  It provides stability and consistency to common law rulings.

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