> Nearly every ruling from any sort of appeals court answers a question of law which is then binding on everyone under the jurisdiction of said court.
While it's true that courts (in the US and similar systems) make law, this specific claim is an exaggeration, at least as regards the US. Full precedential weight generally only applies to published decisions, which are only about 1/3 of decisions of, for instance, the US Courts of Appeals.
While it's true that courts (in the US and similar systems) make law, this specific claim is an exaggeration, at least as regards the US. Full precedential weight generally only applies to published decisions, which are only about 1/3 of decisions of, for instance, the US Courts of Appeals.
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