... to be discussed. "Good decision-making process" is a process that falls short of the high level of effectiveness and the one that is in the best interest of the community. The effectiveness depends on the level of consistency. "Consistency" is defined in the Oxford dictionary as "the quality, state, or fact of being consistent; it is also agreement, harmony, compatibility". It is the quality of always being the same. In order that the law was consistent a system developed by which a judge had to follow the legal principles laid down in a previous case with similar facts. This is called the doctrine of judicial precedent and is an important source of law. It is called 'judicial precedent' because it comes from judges or the 'judiciary'. The main rule of judicial precedent is stare decisis, this means 'stand by the decision' or 'treat like cases alike'. Once a decision is ...

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