In the civil law system of Japan, judicial precedent provides non-binding guidance on how laws should be interpreted in practice.
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He told legislators that he personally found abortion abhorrent but would follow the law of the land and judicial precedent.
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L . Rev . 324, 339 ( 1940 ) ( Conference on the Status of the Rule of Judicial Precedent ).
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Howard said in a statement that the " quite remarkable " ruling flew in the face of decades of judicial precedent.
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He is also one of 12 co-authors of " The Law of Judicial Precedent ", published by Thomson West in 2016.
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But, quoting judicial precedents, he wrote, " The government has no power to restrict such activity because of its message ."
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There is power to do so under the " Practice Statement ( Judicial Precedent ) " [ 1966 ] 1 WLR 1234.
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Judicial precedents " are not merely the property of private litigants, " he said, quoting an opinion of Justice John Paul Stevens.
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The justices spoke forcefully in drawing a coherent rule on sexual harassment from a jumble of confusing judicial precedents and vague congressional language.
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Consequently, though of the superior court, Masters are concurrently subordinate to the judges of that court insofar as application of judicial precedent is concerned.
