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Chapter 3 contains a diagram of the hierarchy of the courts (see p. 47), and Chapter 9 contains the general proposition that all courts bind all lower courts, and that some courts also bind themselves. The first half of this proposition can conveniently be described as the vertical dimension of precedent, and the second half as the horizontal dimension.
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McLeod, I. (1996). Vertical and Horizontal Dimensions of Precedent. In: Legal Method. Macmillan Law Masters. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14289-7_11
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