Introduction&LAURENCE GOLDSTEIN 1
1.Roots of our Notion of Precedent&GERALD J.POSTEMA 9
2.Change in the Doctrine of Precedent During the Nineteenth Century&JIM EVANS 35
3.Theories of Adjudication and the Status of Stare Decisis&PETER WESLEY-SMITH 73
4.The Rule of Precedent&THEODORE M.BENDITT 89
5.‘Practical Reason’ and ‘Conventional Wisdom’； The House of Lords and Precedent&ANTHONY BLACKSHIELD 107
6.Why Cases have Rationes and what these are&NEIL MACCORMICK 155
7.Precedent, Induction, and Ethical Generalization&MICHAEL S.MOORE 183
8.Persuasive Precedent&RICHARD BRONAUGH 217
Selected Bibliography 249
Index 275