1. CHAPTER 12 CASE LAW ANALYSIS
KEY TERMS

2. PRECEDENT
AN EARLIER COURT DECISION ON AN ISSUE THAT GOVERNS OR GUIDES A SUBSEQUENT COURT IN ITS DETERMINATION OF AN IDENTICAL OR SIMILAR ISSUE BASED ON IDENTICAL OR SIMILAR KEY FACTS

3. MANDATORY PRECEDENT
PRECEDENT FROM A HIGHER COURT IN A JURISDICTION THAT MUST BE FOLLOWED BY THE LOWER COURTS IN THAT JURISDICTION

4. PERSUASIVE PRECEDENT
PRECEDENT THAT A COURT MAY LOOK TO FOR GUIDANCE WHEN REACHING A DECISION, BUT IS NOT BOUND TO FOLLOW

5. STARE DECISIS
A PRINCIPLE THAT REQUIRES A COURT TO FOLLOW A PREVIOUS DECISION OF THAT COURT OR A HIGHER COURT IN A JURISDICTION WHEN THE CURRENT DECISION INVOLVES ISSUES AND FACTS SIMILAR TO THOSE IN THE PREVIOUS DECISION