stare decisis is one of traditional legal rules common law to be considered. according to this rule, the judge of the judicial decisions of thecommon law previous similar cases to use. this rule by some authorities such as the international criminal court to consider the implicit judgments about the observance of this rule before the verdict is so difficult. finally, cautious and visionary in c...

We examine a long-standing research program in empirical Political Science, fact-pattern analysis (FPA). We connect FPA to definitions of legal rules in jurisprudence and positive political theory. Foundationally, theoretical treatments view rules as functions partitioning case spaces into equivalence classes. Connecting FPA to formal theory has two advantages: first, many elements of the tradi...

Economic analysis of law is concerned with (a) determination of the effects of legal rules and (b) evaluation of the desirability of the effects of legal rules with respect to well-specified definitions of social welfare. This entry surveys the approach as it applies to basic areas of law -accident, property, contract, and criminal law -as well as to the litigation process. The economic approac...

We seek to understand the definition of legal rules created by national and international courts. look into content in Russian doctrine classifying them three groups. The authors consider importance historical background this issue due changes judicial system procedural legislation. analyze phenomenon a rule court. found out that all courts could be divided main groups, depending on source: fix...