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In response to "That's interesting but not surprising - US precedent is pretty much irrelevant in British Commonwealth jurisdictions, and I expect in most" by Roger More - yiyiyiyiyiyiyi!

My hunch is that this is mostly correct as well.

Posted by Name Withheld By Request (aka BlueKopo) May 1 '09, 08:20

And that in the 60's & 70's, when emerging countries were setting up new supreme courts, that they were using the US rulings more due to the dominance of US presence globally. (Ie, new courts used US rulings because they were the easiest to find and cite.)

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- Really? I wouldn't have thought ours to be the most cited either unless for reasons of similar-type systems. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request May 1, 08:29 1
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My hunch is that this is mostly correct as well.

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