Reservation of Legal Issues to those Trained
The King, James I had sat as a judge to make a decision in a court case.
Held: Edward Coke CJ overturned the decision, holding that such decisions must be made only by those with legal training and in accordance with and subject to the rule of law. Cases were ‘not to be decided by natural reason but by artificial reason and judgement of law, which law is an art which requires long long and experience.’
Edward Coke CJ
[1572] EngR 303, (1572-1616) 12 Co Rep 63, (1572) 77 ER 1342, [1572] EngR 389, (1572-1616) 13 Co Rep 37, (1572) 77 ER 1448
Commonlii, Commonlii
England and Wales
Legal Professions, Constitutional, Natural Justice
Leading Case
Updated: 10 November 2021; Ref: scu.432269