判例法

判例法（英語：case law），就是以個案判例的形式表现出的法律规范，以遵循先例的法律原則作為其建立的基礎。簡單而言，作为判例的先例对其后的案件具有法律约束力，可以成为日后法官审判类似案件的基本准则。當然，法院有上級和下級之分，例如原訟庭（英语：trial court）(court of first instance)先前的判例無法约束上訴法庭的判決。英美法系以判例法为主要的法律渊源，以遵循先例为主要的司法审判原则。但在現今一些歐陸法系國家司法體制中，亦將判例法當作一種司法裁量上的輔助標準，且多為其上級法院與下級法院默認下的習慣。^[1]^[2]

參考文獻

^ Garner, Bryan A. A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage 2nd, revised. New York: Oxford University Press. 2001: 177. In modern usage, common law is contrasted with a number of other terms. First, in denoting the body of judge-made law based on that developed in England… [P]erhaps most commonly within Anglo-American jurisdictions, common law is contrasted with statutory law ...
^ Black's Law Dictionary - Common law 10th. 2014: 334. 1. The body of law derived from judicial decisions, rather than from statutes or constitutions; CASE LAW [contrast to] STATUTORY LAW.

参见

判決先例
成文法
羅根法案（英语：Logan Act）(Logan Act/羅根法)
訴因制度(訴因（日语：訴因）)

外部链接

interactive database of European judgments of national courts in the EU（页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）

[GarnerUsageDef0-1] Garner, Bryan A. A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage 2nd, revised. New York: Oxford University Press. 2001: 177. In modern usage, common law is contrasted with a number of other terms. First, in denoting the body of judge-made law based on that developed in England… [P]erhaps most commonly within Anglo-American jurisdictions, common law is contrasted with statutory law ...

[Blacks10thDef1-2] Black's Law Dictionary - Common law 10th. 2014: 334. 1. The body of law derived from judicial decisions, rather than from statutes or constitutions; CASE LAW [contrast to] STATUTORY LAW.

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