The Science of Legal Judgment: A Treatise Designed to Show the Materials Whereof, and the Process by Which, Courts Construct Their Judgments, and Adapted to Practical and General Use in the Discussion and Determination of Questions of Law

A decided case makes law for future cases, & will bind all inferior courts of coordinate jurisdiction. But the more closely the theory is examined, the less simple does it appear.... This is considered one of the ablest books on the subject. Holdsworth, W.S. Case Law, 50 Law Quarterly Rev. 180.