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BL
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1031317
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b785687
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Gerhardt, Michael J.,1956-
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| Title & Author
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The power of precedent /\ Michael J. Gerhardt.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2008.
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340 pages ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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0195150503
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: 9780195150506
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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The patterns of Supreme Court precedent -- Theories of precedent -- The golden rule -- Non-judicial precedent -- The multiple functions of precedent -- Super precedent -- The future of precedent.
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| Abstract
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The role that precedent plays in constitutional decision-making is a perennially divisive subject among legal scholars and political scientists. The debate rages over both empirical and normative aspects of the issue: to what extent are the Supreme Court and other constitutional actors constrained by precedent? To what extent should they be? The disagreements extend even to the meaning of precedent itself: does precedent consist of merely a prior holding or ruling? Or does it include the reasoning underlying the judgment? Taking up a topic long overdue for comprehensive treatment, Gerhardt provides the first book-length analysis of precedent by a legal scholar in several decades. Gerhardt clearly outlines the major issues in the ongoing debates about the significance of precedence, and offers his own novel theory for understanding the institutional power of precedence as a source of constraint on the constitutional decision-making of the Court, the presidency, and the Congress.
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USA
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Law-- United States-- Interpretation and construction.
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Stare decisis-- United States.
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Law-- Interpretation and construction.
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Präzedenzfall
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Rechtsfortbildung
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Rechtsgrundsatz
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Rechtsprechung
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Rechtsprinzip
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Stare decisis.
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Verfassungsrecht
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United States.
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USA
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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347.73/262
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| LC Classification
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KF429.G47 2008
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KL32.G1G474 2008moys
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PL 728rvk
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