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precedent (using previous cases (downside (danger that law should develop…
precedent (using previous cases , requires , Supreme Court , Persuasive authority - expected to follow decisions of co-ordinate or equal jurisdiction - not inflexible and freedom to depart from earlier decisions , foreign decisions - highest court in England - long time view - they were bound by previous decisions - bad luck if its unfair , Binding authority - court must follow prior decisions to court superior to it , Stare Decisis in Irish courts - inferior court must follow earlier decisions of superior courts , reluctant to over-rule decisions of co-ordiante jurisdiction - prefer to instead distinguish them, Court of criminal Appeal - issue of precedence less acute - still very important, but persons liberty at stake )