“Case-law is gold in the mine—a few grains of precious metal to the tons of useless matter, while the…
Salmond contrasted the work needed to extract legal principles from decisions with the more direct statement of rules in legislation. Judicial decisions contain facts and…
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“Case-law is gold in the mine—a few grains of precious metal to the tons of useless matter, while the statute law is coin of the state which is ready for immediate use”. Who gave this statement?
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Salmond contrasted the work needed to extract legal principles from decisions with the more direct statement of rules in legislation. Judicial decisions contain facts and discussion alongside their binding principles, while statutes state enacted rules.
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