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The
Convention
means
what
the
Court
considers
the
Convention
to
mean
,
with
no
further
qualifications
.
Courts
in
member
States
,
as
well
as
the
public
in
general
,
should
expect
this
Court
to
abide
by
its
previous
decisions
and
judgments
in
any
case
that
follows
an
analogous
fact
-
pattern
,
no
matter
how
numerous
the
precedents
may
be[129
]
.
This
evidently
is
also
true
for
“
pilot
”
and
“
quasi
-
pilot
”
judgment
procedures
.
Although
not
grounded
on
the
Convention
,
but
on
the
Rules
of
Court[130
]
,
they
are
typical
constitutional
review
instruments
which
play
a
critical
role
in
resolving
the
dysfunctional
operation
of
domestic
law
or
the
legislator
’s
failure
to
regulate
systemic
dysfunctions
,
but
have
no
special
interpretative
authority
or
distinct
legal
force
.
In
fact
,
they
mostly
confirm
previous
case
-
law
,
delivered
against
the
respondent
Contracting
Party
or
other
Contracting
Parties[131
]
.
For
this
Court
,
any
decision
or
judgment
constitutes
an
authoritative
source
of
interpretation
of
the
Convention
and
represents
,
as
the
Italian
Constitutional
Court
itself
admits
,
“
the
final
say”[132
]
as
to
its
meaning
.
The
Court
states
this
principle
in
the
following
straightforward
terms
:
“
its
judgments
all
have
the
same
legal
value
.
Their
binding
nature
and
interpretative
authority
can
not
therefore
depend
on
the
formation
by
which
they
were
rendered”[133
]
.
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