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https://doi.org/10.22364/juzk.80.32 | 310-318 | PDF

Judikatūras maiņa, tiesiskā noteiktība un tiesiskās paļāvības princips

Overruling, Legal Certainty and the Principle of Legitimate Expectations

Ginta Krūkle, Dr. iur.
Latvijas Universitātes Juridiskās fakultātes Tiesību teorijas un vēstures zinātņu katedras lektore

Summary
The article is dedicated to the evolution of the judge-made-law by way of overruling as an unavoidable phenomenon of administration of justice, as well as to the theoretical and practical risks associated with the overruling. The author identifies problematic aspects of the concept of overruling, and analyses each of them in the context of the need for the development of judge-made-law as part of a dynamic legal system. Thesis of the judge-made-law are being recognised as legal norms formulated by judges, and, as such, these norms not only may, but should follow the development of the legal system. Weighting and balancing of the legal certainty and the principle of legitimate expectations on one side against fair trial and requirement of justice and rule of law on the other side gives the answer to the question whether to overrule or not in the specific case at hand.

Atslēgvārdi: judikatūra, tiesiskā noteiktība, tiesiskās paļāvības princips, tiesnešu tiesības, judikatūras maiņa

Keywords: case-law, legal certainty, principle of legitimate expectations, judge-made-law, overruling