Who is the main propounder of the declaratory theory of judicial precedent?
The declaratory theory holds that judges do not make law but only declare and expound law that already exists; its main exponent is "Blackstone", who described judges as the…
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The declaratory theory holds that judges do not make law but only declare and expound law that already exists; its main exponent is "Blackstone", who described judges as the living oracles of the law. Gray, by contrast, treated judges as makers of law, and neither Salmond nor Dicey is the source of this theory.
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