“But the fact that judges follow precedent regularly even though not invariably does not support the legalistic theory as strongly as one might expect. The original precedent in a line of precedents could not have been based on precedent.”
Richard A. Posner“If changing judges changes law, then it is not clear what law is.”
Judge Richard A. Posner“But the fact that judges follow precedent regularly even though not invariably does not support the legalistic theory as strongly as one might expect. The original precedent in a line of precedents could not have been based on precedent.”
Richard A. Posner, How Judges Think