Includes Bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction
2. Identical Points
3. Article 141 of the Constitution of India
4. Ratio Decidendi
5. Obiter Dicta
6. Per Incuriam
7. Dictionaries and use thereof
8. Foreign decisions and use thereof
9. Doctrine of Comity
10. Constitutional Points not Directly arising for Decision
11. Dismissal in Limine, Without Reasons
12. Criminal cases and Precedents
13. Stare Decisis
14. Reference Orders
15. Sub-Silentio
16. Statutory Provisions and Precedents
17. Law Commission Reports etc. and Precedents
18. Decisions of Supreme Court
19. Decisions of High Courts
20. Judgments of Courts of Justice when relevant
21. Precedent and Judicial Reasoning
22. Judge Made Law
23. Judicial Consistency Propriety, Decorum, etc
24. The Indian Law Reports Act, 1875
25. Article 142 of the Constitution of India
Appendix: Full Text of the Full Bench Judgment of Madras High Court
Philip Jeyasingh vs. The Joint Registrar of Co-operative
Societies, Chidambaranar Region, Tuticorin and others, 1992 (2) MLJ 309
Subject Index