1. In the German-speaking world, it is sometimes referred to as 'development of constitutional law' (Verfassungsfortbildung), see Christian Starck;R See Allan;Handbuch des Staatsrechts der Bundesrepublik Deutschland,2014
2. The Ratio Decidendi of a Case' (1959) 22 Modern Law Review 117, 117 ff. A more subtle discussion is that of Aleksander Peczenik, On Law and Reason (n 75) 334, who includes into the 'construed ratio decidendi' also the arguments which were not explicitly mentioned in the reasoning, but which were implicitly essential for the decision. A special difficulty arises in cases where (because of concurring and dissenting opinions;Christian Starck;On the dangers (narrowing the room for politics
3. Precedent in the Federal Republic of Germany;See Robert;Interpreting Precedents: A Comparative Study,1997
4. Normative Wirkungen von Pr�judizien nach der Rechtsprechung des Bundesverfassungsgericht' (2013) 138 Archiv des �ffentlichen Rechts 1, 1 ff; Michael Sachs;Roman Hensel;Die Bindung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts an seine Entscheidungen,1977