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What is stare decisis?

What is stare decisis? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (law) The principle of following judicial precedent.
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Judicial activists also downplay stare decisis, preferring to remedy perceived judicial errors.
Judges in Ghana are bound by the principle of stare decisis, which requires that their decisions be based on earlier rulings.
The upshot of these decisions is a loosening in the doctrine of stare decisis.
Rather than affirming plainly mistaken rulings in the name of stare decisis, the Court should reserve its deference for the Constitution itself.
To make a prediction, one of the best ways is to turn to precedents according to the principle of stare decisis.
The principle of stare decisis cannot be circumvented or disapplied in this way, and if it were the result would be chaos.

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