Stare Decisis，英美法术语，遵循先例原则。

Stare Decisis：the doctrine that the decisions of the court should serve as precedents for future cases.

遵循先例原则是判例法的一个基本原则，它是判例法得以形成的基础。遵循先例原则的基本含义是，包含在以前判决中的法律原则对以后同类案件有约束力。具体表现为：高级法院的判决对下级法院处理同类案件有约束力；同一法院的判决对以后的同类案件具有约束力，确切地说，是指一个判决中所含有的法律原则或规则，对其他法院或者甚至对本法院以后的审判具有约束力（binding effect）或者说服力（persuasive effect）。

参考双语例句：

The causes of dissatisfaction which lead to attacks upon stare decisis are in our technique of applying standards and in the ideal element of law which is decisive in applying standards.

导致对遵循先例原则的不满的原因在于，我们的技术适用标准和在适用标准中起决定作用的法律的理念要素。

Case law decided by the Judicial Branch (often carrying legal force under the common law principle of stare decisis).

由司法机构确定的判例法(依据遵循先 例的 普通法原则，通常具有法律效力)。

As part of its British colonial heritage, federal courts and most state courts operate on a common law system and use the principle of stare decisis (i.e., follow precedent); however, much U.S. law has diverged from English law in both substance and procedure since the American Revolution.

作为英国殖民地遗产的一部分，联邦法院和大多数州法院均沿用普通法系并采用遵循先例的法则；但是，自独立战争之后，许多美国法律在实质内容和程序上已经从英国法律分离出来。

doctrine, federal courts no longer have the plenary power to create law unless it is linked to an interpretation of federal law (i.e., there is no general federal common law other than stare decisis), and federal courts must apply state law, including state common law, when there is no federal issue in a case of diversity jurisdiction.

联邦法院不再拥有制定法律的完整权力，除非它与联邦法律的解释有关(即，除遵循先例之外，不存在普适的联邦普通法)。