Description:
This article seeks to displace the traditional concept of precedent as based upon textual reasoning with a concept of imago decidendi or the binding image of a prior decision.
Brief description: Peter Goodrich is Professor of Law at Cardozo Law, New York, and Visiting Professor, School of Social Science, New York University, Abu Dhabi. His next book, Schreber's Law: Jurisprudence and Judgment will appear, all being well, in early 2018.