{"id":512,"date":"2025-08-21T08:43:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T08:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/englishlegalsystem\/?post_type=content&#038;p=512"},"modified":"2025-08-21T08:43:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T08:43:23","slug":"chapter-13","status":"publish","type":"content","link":"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/englishlegalsystem\/flashcards\/chapter-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 13"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Swiper -->\n<div class=\"swiper mySwiper\">\n    <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\"><p><p>Inquiries<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>Formal investigations set up on an ad hoc basis to investigate specific incidents. Their role is fact-finding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\"><p><p>Judicial precedent<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>The principle that courts are bound by the previous decisions of the same, or superior, courts. 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