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Elements of precedent - Coggle Diagram
Elements of precedent
Persuasive precedent
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Other forms- other jurisdictions, Privy Council, legal writings, decisions of lower courts, dissenting judgments
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Stare decisis
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This is the principle that a later court must use the same legal reasoning as an earlier court where the two cases raise the same legal issues.
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Court hierarchy
CJEU (during EU membership), Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court, Crown Court, Magistrates' and county courts, ECtHR
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The Supreme Court is the highest appeal court in the UK for civil and criminal matters. It binds all other courts in the ELS.
Original precedent
A decision in a case for which there is no previous legal decision or law for the judge to use in making
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