Ensuring Uniformity of Judicial Precedent: Exploring Fundamental Issues

Article 161 of the Constitution defines the "ensuring uniformity of judicial precedent" as one of the tasks of the Supreme Court and, as such, is one of the aims of the judicial system. To achieve this goal, of course, requires a thorough and comprehensive understanding of it. Accordingly, this paper seeks to address these three key questions: What is the uniformity of judicial precedent? Why look for it? And how can it be created? What about, what kind of litigation should be done in order to talk about the uniformity of judicial precedent? In response to why, the reasons for and against the ensuring uniformity of judicial precedent are explained and evaluated. On how, we examine how various legislative, judicial, and administrative tools are used to uniformity of judicial precedent and their advantages and disadvantages. These questions will be answered with descriptive-analytic method and based on comparative and theoretical studies, and will ultimately lead us to the point that, first, any attempt to uniformity of judicial precedent requires a clear answer to fundamental questions. Secondly, it is difficult to get a clear answer on some issues.