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Precedents in Continental Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2009

Ernst J. Cohn
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Extract

The recent discussion of precedents in English law is of great interest to Continental lawyers, because Continental law also has some slight experience of the doctrine of binding force of judicial decisions.

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The Cambridge Law Journal , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , November 1935 , pp. 366 - 370
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Copyright © Cambridge Law Journal and Contributors 1935

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References

1 The same provision is to be found in Art. 49 of the Japanese Statute relating to the constitution of the Courts of Judicature of 1890.

2 ‘Senate’ means a division of the Supreme Court which consists of five judges. The whole bench of the Supreme Court never tries cases. They only sit by ‘senates.’

3 I.e. verbal pleadings before the ‘Plenum.’

4 Cf. ProfRiezler, 's remarks in his recent article on ‘Ratio decidendi und obiter dictum im Urteil,’ Archiv für die Zivilist. Praxis, vol. 139 (1934), p. 195.Google Scholar

5 See the somewhat exaggerated article of Ernst Fuchs, ‘The horror pleni’ in Leipziger Zeitschrift für deutsches Recht, 1927, p. 8355Google Scholar, and Roesener, , Reichsgericht und horror pleni (Leipzig, 1912).Google Scholar

6 Official edition of decisions of the Reichsgericht in cases of civil law (abbr: RGZ), vol. 134, p. 122Google Scholar; vol. 105, p. 90; vol. 76, p. 145; and very many other decisions.

7 See SirAmos, Maurice' excellent article on the ‘Legal Mind’ in 49 L. Q. R. 27.Google Scholar

8 RGZ 139, p. 36; 132, p. 223; 115, p. 26, and in many other decisions.

9 Baumbach, GVG and ZPO, commentary, 6th ed. GVG par. 136, n. 2.

10 RGZ 102, p. 278. See Baumbach, GVG par. 136, n. 2.

11 Colin et Capitant, Cours de droit civil (6th ed. 1930) I, p. 41.Google Scholar

12 Loi relative à l'autorité des arrêts rendus par la Cour de cassation après 2 pourvois (04 1, 1837)Google Scholar, cf. Riezler, , loc. cit. p. 198.Google Scholar