Introduction.

§ Judicial precedent means the use of decisions made by judges in the past as a source of law, where a similar case arises the past decision is used as a guideline.

§ It is also known as case law.

§ It is a major source of law both today and historically.

§ If law on a particular source of law is not found in legislation - law will be found through common law reasoning.

§ That is to say that if no Act of parliament or Dl to follow then judges look at the past decision of a similar case to find a solution to the case before them

§ The hierarchy of the courts is also important to know as the lower courts must follow the past decisions of the higher courts- also known as biding precedent.

Stare decisis.

§ Jp is known as stare decisis where judges extend and...