JUDICIAL PRECEDENT, A LAW SOURCE

The role awarded to judge varies from one legal system to another. In the Anglo-Saxon legal systems, there is not a self-standing legislative body, so the judge is the one who creates the law; his mission consists in solving a specific case, given the existing judicial precedents; if he cannot find...

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Main Author: Elena ANGHEL
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Published: Nicolae Titulescu University Publishing House 2017-05-01
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description The role awarded to judge varies from one legal system to another. In the Anglo-Saxon legal systems, there is not a self-standing legislative body, so the judge is the one who creates the law; his mission consists in solving a specific case, given the existing judicial precedents; if he cannot find an appropriate rule of law, he has to develop one and to apply it. In the continental system, creation of law is the mission of the legislature, so the creative role of jurisprudence still raises controversy. Evolving under the influence of Roman law, the continental law systems differ from the Anglo-Saxon by: the continuous receiving of Corpus iuris civilis; the tendency to abstraction, leading to the creation of a rational law; the rule of law, with the consequence of blurring the role of jurisprudence. Underlining the creative force of jurisprudence, Vladimir Hanga wrote: "The law remains in its essence abstract, but the appreciation of the jurisprudence makes it alive, as the judge, understanding the law, taking into account the interests of parties and taking inspiration from equity, ensures the ultimate purpose of the law: suum cuique tribuere”.
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spelling doaj-art-91ba7571b14546d48b2f7799d03613d32025-08-20T02:58:44ZengNicolae Titulescu University Publishing HouseChallenges of the Knowledge Society2068-77962068-77962017-05-017-364368JUDICIAL PRECEDENT, A LAW SOURCEElena ANGHEL0Lecturer, PhD Faculty of Law, "Nicolae Titulescu" University of BucharestThe role awarded to judge varies from one legal system to another. In the Anglo-Saxon legal systems, there is not a self-standing legislative body, so the judge is the one who creates the law; his mission consists in solving a specific case, given the existing judicial precedents; if he cannot find an appropriate rule of law, he has to develop one and to apply it. In the continental system, creation of law is the mission of the legislature, so the creative role of jurisprudence still raises controversy. Evolving under the influence of Roman law, the continental law systems differ from the Anglo-Saxon by: the continuous receiving of Corpus iuris civilis; the tendency to abstraction, leading to the creation of a rational law; the rule of law, with the consequence of blurring the role of jurisprudence. Underlining the creative force of jurisprudence, Vladimir Hanga wrote: "The law remains in its essence abstract, but the appreciation of the jurisprudence makes it alive, as the judge, understanding the law, taking into account the interests of parties and taking inspiration from equity, ensures the ultimate purpose of the law: suum cuique tribuere”.http://cks.univnt.ro/uploads/cks_2017_articles/index.php?dir=03_public_law%2F&download=CKS_2017_public_law_004.pdfjurisprudenceprecedentcontinental law systemcreator roleanglo-saxon law system
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JUDICIAL PRECEDENT, A LAW SOURCE
Challenges of the Knowledge Society
jurisprudence
precedent
continental law system
creator role
anglo-saxon law system
title JUDICIAL PRECEDENT, A LAW SOURCE
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topic jurisprudence
precedent
continental law system
creator role
anglo-saxon law system
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