These changes made a difference in terms of the case even being heard (affecting the stare
decisis analysis) and the result (affecting the sections 7 and 1 analyses).
Not exact matches
The
analysis would start with Martin Shapiro's communications theory based approach to precedent (I remember a 1966 article but the only reference I have is to Shapiro, Toward a Theory of Stare
Decisis, 1 J. LEGAL STUD.
There is a chapter on legal
analysis that discusses stare
decisis, and reading and synthesizing cases.
For example, the discussion of stare
decisis, replete with
analysis of various «factors» from prior decisions, is at the end of the day a value choice.
Taken together, the
analysis in this Comment suggests that the justifications most commonly offered in defense of stare
decisis — rule of law, appearance of the rule of law, and deference to legislative authority — do not support affording binding precedential value to secret opinions of the kind sometimes issued by the FISA courts.61
We teach first - year law students about the differences between binding and persuasive authority as a key concept of horizontal stare
decisis, but no one ever suggests that persuasive precedent is not precedent that is being used in the legal
analysis.