What are precedent and stare decisis? How do they work together?
What will be an ideal response?
Every final decision by a court creates precedent. Precedent governs the court issuing the decision
and any lower, or inferior courts in that jurisdiction. Stare decisis means “let the decision stand.” Under
the principle of stare decisis, if there is a prior decision on a legal issue that applies to a current case, the
court will be guided by that prior decision and apply the same legal principles in the current case. In
situations in which the law is ambiguous and the same issue has come up before, it makes sense to look
to past decisions—that is, to precedent—to see how the matter has been resolved previously. Stare
decisis is the principle behind establishing the value of prior decisions, or precedent.
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