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1、THENATUREANDAUTHORITYOFPRECEDENTNeilDuxburyexamineshowprecedentsconstrainlegaldecision-makersandhowlegaldecision-makersrelaxandavoidthoseconstraints.Thereisnosingleprincipleortheorywhichexplainstheauthorityofprecedentbutratheranumberofargumentswhichraiserebuttablepresumptionsinfavourof
2、precedent-following.Thisbookexaminestheforceandthelimitationsoftheseargumentsandshowsthatalthoughtheprincipalrequirementofthedoctrineofprecedentisthatcourtsrespectearlierjudicialdecisionsonmateriallyidenticalfacts,thedoctrinealsorequirescourtstodepartfromsuchdecisionswhenfollowingthemw
3、ouldper-petuatelegalerrororinjustice.Notonlydojudicialprecedentsnot‘bind’judgesintheclassical-positivistsense,but,weretheytodoso,theywouldbeillsuitedtocommon-lawdecision-making.Combininghistoricalinquiryandphilosophicalanalysis,thisbookwillassistanyoneseekingtounderstandhowprecedentope
4、ratesasacommon-lawdoctrine.NEILDUXBURYisProfessorofLawattheLondonSchoolofEconomics.THENATUREANDAUTHORITYOFPRECEDENTNEILDUXBURYCAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SãoPauloCambridgeUniversityPressTheEdinburghBuilding,CambridgeCB28RU,UKPublishedin
5、theUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYorkwww.cambridge.orgInformationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521885799©NeilDuxbury2008Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmayta
6、keplacewithoutthewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress.Firstpublishedinprintformat2008ISBN-13978-0-511-39484-3eBook(NetLibrary)ISBN-13978-0-521-88579-9hardbackISBN-13978-0-521-71336-8paperbackCambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyofurlsforexternalo
7、rthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication,anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate.ToM.E.D.CONTENTSPrefacepageixTableofcasesxii1Introduction:theusablepast11.Precedent12.Positivismandprecedent143.Atheoryofprecedent?222WhydoesEn
