Taking into account one of the meanings of the expression binding precedent and stipulating a definition for that meaning, this article aims to contribute to the concept's structural characterization. By this I mean the effort to identify the legal norms on which the existence and functioning of binding precedents depend and to show that these norms constitute a group of Hohfeldian legal relations between the courts whose precedents must be followed, the courts that must follow them, and the individuals whose legal situations are as a result modified by the observance and the breach of those precedents.

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具有约束力的先例的两个面孔：霍菲尔德式的看法

考虑到该表达具有约束力的先例的含义之一并规定该含义的定义，本文旨在为该概念的结构特征做出贡献。我的意思是努力确定具有约束力的先例的存在和运作所依赖的法律规范，并表明这些规范构成了必须遵循先例的法院、必须遵循先例的法院之间的一组霍菲尔德法律关系，以及因遵守和违反这些先例而导致其法律地位发生变化的个人。