Middleton v Crofts (1736) 26 English Reports 788
Citation:Middleton v Crofts (1736) 26 English Reports 788
Rule of thumb:What are the key sources of law that a Judge should take into account before making a Judgement? The core laws are the Bill of Rights, Legislation and Case-Law. Less attention should be paid to more secondary sources of law.
Judgment:
'The history of the ancient councils of this island … furnish very little materials towards fixing the point of law as to the obligations of canons … it is safest for judges to proceed upon sure foundations which are [1] the general nature and fundamental principles of this [English / British] constitution, [2] Acts of Parliament and, [3] the resolution and judicial opinions in our books, and from these to draw our conclusions’, Lord Hardwicke at 790
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