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63 S. Cal. L. Rev. 1 (1989-1990)
Constrained by Precedent

handle is hein.journals/scal63 and id is 15 raw text is: ARTICLES CONSTRAINED BY PRECEDENT LARRY ALEXANDER TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ....................................... 3 II. THE FIRST MODEL: GIVING PRECEDENT ITS NATURAL WEIGHT .................................... 5 A. THE NATURAL MODEL OF PRECEDENT DESCRIBED... 5 B. THE RATIONALE BEHIND THE NATURAL MODEL OF PRECEDENT .......................................... 7 C IS THE NATURAL MODEL OF PRECEDENT REALLY A FORM OF PRECEDENT? ................................ 8 D. THE NORMATIVE CASE FOR THE NATURAL MODEL OF PRECEDENT ...................................... 9 1. The Equality Value ............................... 9 2. The Reliance Value ............................... 13 3. The Value of General Rules ....................... 14 E. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE NATURAL MODEL OF PRECEDENT .......................................... 16 III. THE SECOND MODEL: THE RULE MODEL OF PRECEDENT ............................................ 17 A. THE RULE MODEL OF PRECEDENT DESCRIBED ....... 17 B. MODIFYING OR NARROWING THE RULE .............. 19 1. Narrowing the Rule to the Facts of the Precedent Case ............................................. 20 2. Narrowing the Rule Based Upon the Reasons Behind It ................................................ 20 3. Narrowing the Rule to the Facts of the Precedent Case While Limited to Factual Distinctions that Point to a Different Outcome ...................... 21 4. Narrowing the Rule Based Upon Its Inconsistency With Other Rules, or Based Upon Clear Inadvertent M istake .......................................... 23 5. Narrowing the Rule to Make an Ideal Rule ........ 23

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