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The Role of Law in Preventing Economic Disparities
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The “doctrine of precedent”, or stare decisis (Latin for “to stand by decisions”) implies that choices by higher courts bind lower courts to guarantee that similar cases reach related results. In contrast, in civil law systems, legislative statutes are usually extra detailed, and judicial choices are shorter and less detailed, because the adjudicator is only writing to determine the only case, quite than to set out reasoning that can guide future courts. The sociology of law examines the interplay of law with society and overlaps with jurisprudence, philosophy of law, social concept…