The legal system in Indonesia does not adopt the principle of "stare decisis et quieta non movere", namely the principle that a judege is bound by the legal norms (precedent) existing in previous court decisions, when he/she is handling a similar case. However, legal science has acknowledged jurisprudence as a source of law. Judges at lower courts will referto the decisions of the Supreme Court as jurisprudence containing legal principles and norms. They are bound by the jurisprudence as Supreme Courts appeals may a be filed on the cases leading to the reversal of the lower courts' decisions if they deviate from the legal principles and norms adopted in the decisions made by the Supreme Court on similar cases.