{"id":34420,"date":"2026-10-21T10:56:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T10:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/?p=34420"},"modified":"2026-10-21T10:59:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T10:59:23","slug":"salmonds-and-greys-theory-of-law-law-as-the-practice-of-courts-and-judge-made-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/salmonds-and-greys-theory-of-law-law-as-the-practice-of-courts-and-judge-made-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Salmond\u2019s and Grey’s Theory of Law: Law as the Practice of Courts and Judge-Made Law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/span>Introduction<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The theories of law associated with John Salmond and John Chipman Grey place the courts and judges at the centre of understanding the nature of law. Both thinkers emphasise that law is best understood through the principles and rules actually applied by courts in the administration of justice. Their approach is closely linked to legal realism, which studies law as it operates in practice rather than as an abstract body of written rules.<\/p>

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