Are the principles of statutory interpretation themselves subject to binding precedent?

The legal principle of precedent requires that a prior decision be treated as binding even if the current decision maker disagrees with that decision. Binding precedent refers to a legal principle or rule established in a previous court case that must be followed by lower courts in future cases with similar ... All previously decided former Fifth Circuit decisions, whether submitted before or after Octo- ber I, 1981, are deemed binding in the new court. [d. at 733-34. In common law, precedent can either be something courts must follow (binding) or something they can consider but do not have to follow (persuasive). Civil law ... A precedent is 'binding' on a court if the precedent was made by a superior court that is higher in the hierarchy of courts. A binding precedent must be ... Talal Al-Azem argues for the existence of a madhhab-law tradition' of jurisprudence underpinning the four post-classical Sunni schools of law. Aug 9, 2022 ... Hence, the defining principle of common law is precedents, which is the requirement that judges must follow binding legal decisions of prior ... Nov 27, 2023 ... Case precedents that courts are bound to follow in subsequent cases are referred to as mandatory or binding authority. Unlike a merely per- suasive proposition, a binding proposition requires a judge to show some- thing more than disagreement in order to justify departing from ... Jun 16, 2021 ... This article explores the difference between Jersey and Guernsey law on whether there is a doctrine of binding precedent in respect of decisions of higher ...