How does binding precedent relate to the principle of legal certainty?

Jan 12, 2021 ... ... binding rules; the facts in a particular case may be so atypical as to counsel against creating binding precedent for all later cases; or ... Apr 10, 2024 ... Although Binding Precedent 10 was issued by the Supreme Court more than 15 years ago, there are still judges who fail to observe it and lawyers ... 1 The Eleventh Circuit has adopted as binding precedent all Fifth Circuit decisions issued before October 1, 1981, as well as all decisions issued after ... May 16, 2018 ... As Conduragis and Britto show, Rhode Island employers have little definitive guidance to assist them in drafting enforceable arbitration ... Aug 12, 2019 ... A precedent, in the English Law System, is a previous court decision which another court is bound to follow, by deciding a subsequent case in the same way. The doctrine of precedent is the fundamental basis of the law applied by the judiciary, which specifies that a court should apply the rulings of previous cases. Feb 13, 2025 ... Understanding binding precedent through an example. Imagine a state supreme court rules that non-compete clauses in employment contracts are ... Michigan Supreme Court orders “that include a decision with an understandable rationale establish binding precedent.” People v Giovannini, 271 Mich App 409 ... Apr 30, 2020 ... Courts are bound by the past decisions of courts of the same level. So for example the Court of Appeal is bound to follow earlier decisions of ... Jan 10, 2025 ... Whether the Supreme Court could employ its supervisory power to impose a binding, vertical precedent about horizontal precedent is another ...