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What judicial precedent means

What judicial precedent means

Judicial precedent is part of the common law, where judges develop legal rules through decisions in cases. A later court may have to follow the legal rule from an earlier case when the legal issue is sufficiently similar.

Judicial precedent Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /Law
  3. /Judicial precedent

Step-by-step lessons on OCR A Level Law Judicial precedent. Each one builds up to exam-style questions.

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