Outline.

Yesterday I continued the reading and this is my outline:

Precedent and Stare Decisis

1.      The definition

• the different between the civil law and the case law
  2.  The authority of precedent cases in the US legal system.
• Mandatory authority
• Persuasive authority
  3. How can American attorneys review case law?
   
                  Precedent and stare decisis are terms meaning that a court must follow the rulings of the court that is above it in the hierarchy. This pretty different from civil law where a court must follow written statutory. What surprising here is a lawyer should do a lot of reading and researching to find the case law that he can use for his client.

                                              Reference

                Debra S. Lee, Charles Hall & Susan M. Barone, American Legal English. The University of Michigan Press ed., 2d ed. 2007. 12.