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Understanding Judicial Precedent in Zambia by Mwaba Phiri is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The doctrine of stare decisis, or judicial precedent, establishes that similar cases should be treated similarly. When deciding cases, courts follow a three step process: 1) comparing the facts of the current case to prior decisions, 2) extracting the legal principle from the prior comparable case, and 3) applying that principle to the current case. For precedent to be established, the ratio decidendi, or legal reason for the prior court
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- Mwaba Phiri
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