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司法判例一经确立,就具有相当的权威性,不得任意推翻,这是判例法的一条最基本的原则。英美法系将依照先例作为一个普遍原则来遵守,司法先例在实践中占有很重要的地位。然而,在某些情况下,由于时代的变迁或者其他原因,将先例适用于后案并不合理。这时,就需要一套能够根据外部条件的变化对不合时宜的先例加以适当地废弃或者修订的法律技术。在英美司法中,推翻先例制度就是起到这样的作用。
Once the judicial precedent is established, it is quite authoritative and can not be arbitrarily overthrown. This is the most basic principle of case law. The Anglo-American legal system will follow the precedent as a universal principle, and the judicial precedent occupies a very important position in practice. However, in some cases, it is not reasonable to apply the precedent to the latter case due to changes in the times or other reasons. At this moment, a legal technique that can appropriately discard or revise an unhealthy precedent based on changes in external conditions is needed. In the Anglo-American judicial system, the precedent system is toppled.