There never has been a period of history, in which the Common Law did not recognize Christianity as lying at its foundation. — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
“The Judges cannot make new law by new decisions; they do not assume a power of that kind: they only endeavour to… — Daniel Hannan Copy Share Image
Our lady the Common Law is a very wise old lady though she still has something to learn in telling what she… — Frederick Pollock Copy Share Image
And of course we are familiar with the English common law rule of thumb that said a man could in fact use… — Patricia Ireland Copy Share Image
A large plural society cannot be governed without recognizing that, transcending its plural interests, there is a rational order with a superior… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
I expect from our judges that their verdicts are also inspired by Talmudic law - and not only by common law or… — Ayelet Shaked Copy Share Image
Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reasonThe law, which is perfection of… — Edward Coke Copy Share Image
“Because the common law was not simply the creature of political power-holders, it became another of the forces for separation of powers… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The common law is not a brooding omnipresence in the sky, but the articulate voice of some sovereign or quasi sovereign that… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, the last thing I want to do is - well, anything. I just want to sleep.… — Michael Ealy Copy Share Image
Law grows, and though the principles of law remain unchanged, yet (and it is one of the advantages of the common law)… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
By the English common law, her husband was her lord and master. He had the custody of her person, and of her… — Harriet Hanson Robinson Copy Share Image
By nature's law, every man has a right to seize and retake by force his own property taken from him by another,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Uniformity in the common law, consisting of broad principles like the "reasonable person" standard, generally permits adjustment for the circumstances. This type… — Philip K. Howard Copy Share Image
“It is unwise to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money, that is all. When you… — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
There is no jewel in the world comparable to learning; no learning so excellent both for Prince and subject, as knowledge of… — Edward Coke Copy Share Image
“A Virgin Cure? It's a lie of the most terrible and monstrous sort." pg. 121 "In 1871, under common law, the age… — Ami McKay Copy Share Image
“[A] people needs to understand what freedom is. We Americans are fortunate that the Founders and their generation possessed that understanding. They… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
“There has grown up in the minds of certain groups in this country the notion that because a man or corporation has… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
“The Battle of Good and Evil Polytheism gave birth not merely to monotheist religions, but also to dualistic ones. Dualistic religions espouse… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“In American law, there is the Constitution and the whole body of common law precedent, and very little of that supports socialism.… — Stephen R.C. Hicks Copy Share Image
“Law, being a practical thing, must found itself on actual forces. It is quite enough, therefore, for the law, that man, by… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Copy Share Image
But it is recognized that punishment for the abuse of the liberty accorded to the press is essential to the protection of… — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
“recognises both the power of Courts to protect and regulate their own process as well as their power to develop the common… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Not only the financial power, but also the legal power, has remained seated in Britain. The Washington Post commented on June 18,… — Eustace Mullins Copy Share Image
I verily believe Christianity necessary to the support of civil society. One of the beautiful boasts of our municipal jurisprudence is that… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
This provision (the 4th Amendment) speaks for itself. Its plain object is to secure the perfect enjoyment of that great right of… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
Strip away the factual misinformation repeatedly peddled about the Human Rights Act and almost everyone acknowledges that it works well in practice.… — Keir Starmer Copy Share Image
In walking through the world there is a choice for a man to make. He can choose the fair and open path,… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
Under the common law, one of the more controversial rules is the 'no duty to rescue rule' that says that, if you… — Jonathan Turley Copy Share Image
Just as the common law derives from ancient precedents - judges' decisions - rather than statutes, baseball's codes are the game's distilled… — George Will Copy Share Image
“The liberty, the unalienable, indefeasible rights of men, the honor and dignity of human nature, the grandeur and glory of the public,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“What I did technically couldn’t be called dating. Unless, of course, he counted my long-term, committed relationship with my friendly bedside vibrator.… — Kendall Ryan Copy Share Image
As we have seen, the first public expression of disenchantment with nonviolence arose around the question of 'self-defense.' In a sense this… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
It was natural that the direct wielders of the royal prerogative, men who sat in the Star Chamber and the Privy Council,… — Edward Jenks Copy Share Image
Dubai was brilliant, they looked around the world. They saw Hong Kong, Singapore, New York, Chicago, Sydney, London all ran British common… — Michael Strong Copy Share Image
“A judge at common law may be an ordinary man; a good judge of a carpet must be a genius.” — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
It cannot be assumed that equity was following common law whenever they agreed, any more than the converse. — Frederick Pollock Copy Share Image
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