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Precedent lets judges justify rulings without re-deriving first principles each time

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Sep 20, 20261 min read

Precedent lets judges justify rulings without re-deriving first principles each time

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Efficiency. The doctrine of stare decisis provides judges with a quick and easy basis for justifying their rulings and thus relieves them of the burden of returning to first principles in each case. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2511

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DEFINE: Captures the efficiency rationale behind stare decisis as a doctrine, a course-relevant definitional hook.

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Because juries create no precedent, they can bend the law without breaking it.
Judges disagree fundamentally about whether courts may expand constitutional liberty without express textual authority.
G. Alan Tarr — Judicial Process and Judicial Policymaking

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Precedent lets judges justify rulings without re-deriving first principles each time

Precedent lets judges justify rulings without re-deriving first principles each time

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