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Message: [QUOTE="PurgatoryD, post: 1736896, member: 43498"] It can lead to unfairness because it allows a law to be interpreted differently by different judges. You can imagine that for those who are wealthy or in the good graces of a well-connected church, you might be able to ensure that you are led to a judge who tends to rule one way versus another. Also, if judges are not bound by previous precedent, then it's not clear that they'd even have to adhere to their own precedent. In other words, a single judge could rule differently given the same facts but different participants. A common law system overcomes this problem by forcing judges to act fairly. If a law is interpreted one one for one defendant, then it must be interpreted that way for all defendants. Don't forget that founding fathers saw the ability of "The Church" to corrupt the political process. I'm sure it at least crossed their minds that it could corrupt the judicial process as well. [/QUOTE]