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On stare decisis in criminal law
Courier of Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL))The article considers the place of the principle of stare decisis and the effect of its key parameters in the context of modern criminal law. The author proceeds from the fact that the precedent character of criminal law positions of the highest court directly follows from the constitutional requirements of equality of all before the law and the court,
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The Origins of Statutory Stare Decisis
<p>Federal courts apply stare decisis with extra force to decisions that interpret statutes. Critics contend that this “supercharged” deference to statutory precedents lacks a legitimate pedigree. But that charge rests on conjecture, since scholars have paid little attention to how English courts historically handled such cases.openaire +1 more source