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PULIDO ORTIZ, Fabio Enrique. Are rules governing the use of precedent necessary?. Probl. anu. filos. teor. derecho [online]. 2022, n.16, pp.129-154.  Epub 21-Mar-2023. ISSN 2448-7937.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iij.24487937e.2022.16.17033.

This paper addresses the issue of the necessary or contingent nature of the rules governing the use of precedent in legal systems. The author argues that the rules governing the use of precedent in a broad sense (rules that define the legal operation of judicial precedent) are necessary in of legal systems. This paper identifies three different (exclusive and exhaustive) kinds of rules governing the use of precedent: a) binding rules governing the use of precedent, b) rules admitting the use of precedent and c) rules rejecting the use of precedent. It is concluded that the way the rules governing the use of precedent is established depends on each legal system. Even so, whether because of the conceptual reasons associated with the rules of competence or the centrality of the rule of law, when a legal system does not define the conditions to create, amend and apply judicial precedents, it can be said there are implicit rules rejecting the use of precedent.

Palavras-chave : Judicial Precedent; Rule of Precedent; Constitutive Rules; Power-Conferring Rules; Mandatory Rules.

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