判例法(Case Law)为英美法系的一种重要法律渊源,是指某一判决或裁决中的法律规则不仅适用于该案,而且作为“判例”也适用于以后该法院或下级法院所管辖的案件。只要基本事实相同或相似,就必须以判例所定规则处理。这就是所谓“遵循先例”(Stare decisis)原则。判例法是判例具体应用的法。与判例法相对而言,制定法(Statute Law)即成文法,指 Case Law is an important source of law in Anglo-American legal systems. It means that the rules of law in a judgment or award apply not only to the case, but also to the case or the lower court Cases governed As long as the basic facts are the same or similar, they must be handled according to the rules set by the precedents. This is the so-called “principle of precedent” (Stare decisis). Case law is the specific application of the law. In contrast to case law, statute law means statutory law