Ebook: Interpreting precedents: a comparative study

1. Introduction / D. Neil MacCormick, Edinburgh and Robert S. Summers, Ithaca -- 2. Precedent in the Federal Republic of Germany / Robert Alexy, Kiel and Ralf Dreier, Göttingen -- 3. Precedent in Finland / Aulis Aarnio, Tampere -- 4. Precedent in France / Michel Troper, Paris and Christophe Grzegorczyk, Paris -- 5. Precedent in Italy / Michele Taruffo, Pavia and Massimo La Torre, Florence -- 6. Precedent in Norway / Svein Eng, Oslo -- 7. Precedent in Poland / Lech Morawski, Toruń and Marek Zirk-Sadowski, Łódź -- 8. Precedent in Spain / Alfonso Ruiz Miguel, Madrid and Francisco J. Laporta, Madrid -- 9. Precedent in Sweden / Gunnar Bergholtz, Lund and Aleksander Peczenik, Lund -- 10. Precedent in the United Kingdom / Zenon Bankowski, Edinburgh, D. Neil MacCormick, Edinburgh and Geoffrey Marshall, Oxford -- 11. Precedent in the United States (New York state) / Robert S. Summers, Ithaca -- 12. Precedent in European community law / John J. Barceló, Ithaca -- 13. Institutional factors influencing precedents / Michele Taruffo, Pavia -- 14. The binding force of precedent / Aleksander Peczenik, Lund -- 15. Rationales for precedent / Zenon Bankowski, Edinburgh [and others] -- 16. What is binding in a precedent / Geoffrey Marshall, Oxford -- 17. Departures from precedent / Robert S. Summers, Ithaca and Svein Eng, Oslo -- 18. Further general reflections and conclusions / D. Neil MacCormack, Edinburgh and Robert S. Summers, Ithaca.