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features of adjudication that make it central
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- presupposed by other legal actors
- dispute resolution might be thought of as the primary function of law
- judgments are authoritative beyond the case (especially in the common law system)
2
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orthodox theory of adjudication
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what judges do is reasonably predictable because judges are relatively constrained by the law
3
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heretical theory of adjudication
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judicial decision-taking is reasonably predictable in spite of being relatively constrained by the law
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common law theory
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the job of adjudication is to apply the common consensus of the community
5
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formalism
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a clear system of rules
6
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scepticism
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judicial decisions mostly predictable but not determined by paper rules
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