StareDecisis: law reports at your fingertips
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STARE DECISIS: The legal principle by which courts are obliged to respect the precedents established by prior decisions. [StareDecisis site]
StareDecisis, also known as, Stare Decisis Hibernia, provides up-to-date law reports for all the superior courts in the Republic of Ireland, since 2011.
It includes updates on all recently published judgments of the Irish superior courts (Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court and previously the Court of Criminal Appeal).
In StareDecisis, you can search cases by Keyword, Subject Matter, Court, or Judge, separately or in any combination
All judgment summaries are written by practising barristers specialising in specific areas.
All judgments are reported within 7 days. Updates normally appear within 5 days of being posted on the Courts Services web site.
You can find this resource on the New Resources page, or on the A-Z of the Databases and E-Books section of the Library website. At the Library Website, you can also search by title in Stella, the Library discovery system.
Please remember to use the link on the Library record for StareDecisis to access the resource off campus.