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UNINA9910785075903321 |
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Autore |
Duxbury Neil |
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Titolo |
The nature and authority of precedent / / Neil Duxbury [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008 |
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1-107-18658-7 |
1-281-37057-6 |
9786611370572 |
0-511-39419-5 |
0-511-39484-5 |
0-511-39211-7 |
0-511-39088-2 |
0-511-81868-8 |
0-511-39342-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xv, 189 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Stare decisis |
Judicial process |
Stare decisis - Great Brtiain |
Judicial process - Great Britain |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. I. Introduction: the usable past. Precedent ; Positivism and precedent ; A theory of precedent? -- pt. II. Why does English law have a doctrine of precedent?. The formation of a doctrine of precedent -- pt. III. Precedents as reasons. Looking for a certain ratio ; Shortcuts to reason ; Pre-emptive precedent? ; Conclusion -- pt. IV. Distinguishing, overruling and the problem of self-reference. Distinguishing ; Overruling ; The power to overrule oneself ; The authority of the practice statement -- pt. V. Why follow precedent?. Consequentialist justifications ; Deontological arguments ; Conclusion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Neil Duxbury examines how precedents constrain legal decision-makers and how legal decision-makers relax and avoid those |
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