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The 15 pages that link to Precedent, each with the reason it gives.

• Common lawRelated: Common-law courts use earlier decisions to guide later rulings.

• TaqlidRelated: Taqlid can resemble reliance on precedent, though Islamic legal schools transmit more than court decisions.

• AppealRelated: Published appellate rulings can bind lower courts on legal questions.

• Legal formalismRelated: Formalists treat binding precedents as legal constraints rather than invitations to policy choice.

• Legal reasoningRelated: Courts reason from prior decisions when deciding whether a case should be treated similarly.

• LitigationRelated: Some litigated decisions shape the rules applied in future disputes.

• Law (legal system)Related: Prior decisions guide how courts apply and develop legal rules.

• Supreme Court of the United KingdomRelated: Lower courts generally follow the Supreme Court’s authoritative interpretations of law.

• AdjudicationRelated: Earlier adjudications can guide or bind later decision-makers.

• William J. Brennan Jr.Narrower topic: Brennan often built expansive rights arguments from established decisions rather than treating each case in isolation.

• Legal writingRelated: Legal arguments often depend on explaining how prior decisions govern or differ.

• Legal proceedingRelated: Some decisions influence how later proceedings resolve similar legal questions.

• Law of the United KingdomRelated: Precedent shapes case law, though its operation varies among the UK’s jurisdictions.

• LawsuitRelated: A lawsuit’s ruling can shape how courts resolve similar disputes in the future.

• William Murray, 1st Earl of MansfieldRelated: His influential rulings gained force as later judges applied their principles to new disputes.