Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : on the methodology of the research on case-based reasoning in constitutional adjudication / Monika Florczak-Wątor -- United States of America. The Supreme Court of the United States : legitimate law-maker and constitutional interpreter / Paweł Laidler -- Canada. The Supreme Court of Canada : the road to authority, legitimacy, and independence / Bradford W. Morse, Kimia Jalilvand -- Australia. Precedents and case-based reasoning in the Case-Law of The High Court of Australia / Selena Bateman, Adrienne Stone -- Germany. The role of precedents and case-based reasoning in the German Federal Constitutional Court / Ruth Weber, Laura Wittmann -- Hungary. Precedents and case-based reasoning in the Case-Law of the Hungarian Constitutional Court / Zoltan Pozsar-Szentmikolsy -- Italy. Precedents and case-based reasoning in the adjudications of the Italian Constitutional Court / Giovanni Cavaggion -- Latvia. Precedents and case-based reasoning in constitutional adjudication : The Republic of Latvia / Anita Rodiņa -- Poland. Precedents and case-based reasoning in the Case-Law of the Constitutional Tribunal of the Republic of Poland / Piotr Czarny, Monika Florczak-Wątor -- Romania. The Role of precedents and case-based reasoning in the Case-Law of the Romanian Constitutional Court / Bianca Selejan-Guțan, Elena-Simina Tănăsescu -- Court of Justice of the European Union - 'stone-by-stone' case-based reasoning / Alicja Sikora -- European Court of Human Rights. Precedent in the system of the European Convention on Human Rights / Krzysztof Wojtyczek -- Conclusion. The role of case-based reasoning in constitutional adjudication : a comparative study / Monika Florczak-Wątor.