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Departing from precedent

Nick Price discusses the ways in which judges can avoid following a previous decision

This article is relevant for AQA Law 01 and OCR Unit G152: Sources of Law.

The phrase stare decisis — ‘stand by what has been decided’ — is one of the most important elements of the system of judicial precedent.

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