一、关于“依循判例”(stare decisis)的传统观点 “高级法院所作的现行判决,或者一般地说(虽然并非总是如此)同级法院所作的现行判决,如果它所规定的原则是清楚的、确定的,并且可以适用于眼前处理的案件事实的话,这些判决不论审判官们喜欢与否,都是具有拘束力的。这一点当然是毫无疑问的。”这是卡里顿·阿兰爵士在《论法律的制作》(1964年第7版)所说的话,所指的是关于称为判例拘束力论或者律师们称之为“依循判例”规则的英国法学的基本原则。 First, the traditional view of “stare decisis” “The prevailing judgments made by the High Court, or, in general, though not always, the current court decision at the same level, if its prescribed principle Is clear, certain, and applicable to the facts before the case, of course, that these judgments, irrespective of whether the magistrates like it or not, are binding. ”Of course there is no doubt that this is Cary Sir Don Alan referred to in The Making of Laws (7th edition, 1964) as referring to British jurisprudence known as the Binding Theory or the Lawyers refer to as “rules of precedent” The basic principle.