As early as the time of Edward I (1272-1307) the idea of judicial consistency can be seen in contemporary writings but this is not the same thing as bindingprecedent.
Towards the end of the seventeenth century criticism of equity as being uncertain intensified and from that time onward equity also moved towards a system of bindingprecedent.
将近十七世纪末期的时候,衡平法被指常常无端拓展,从此以后衡平法也开始转向一种拘束性先例的体系。
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However, the precedent would be binding on the district courts within the Fifth Circuit.