It is a mistake to think of these men as visionary dreamers, playing around at Philadelphia with abstract conceptions of political theory, pulling a whole scheme of government out of the air like a rabbit out of a hat. True,… — Fred Rodell Copy Share Image
It is the lawyers who run our civilization for us -- our governments, our business, our private lives. Most legislators are lawyers; they make our laws. Most presidents, governors, commissioners, along with their advisers and brain-trusters are lawyers; they administer our laws. All the judges are lawyers; they interpret and enforce our laws. There is no separation of powers where… — Fred Rodell Copy Share
There are two things wrong with almost all legal writing. One is its style. The other is its content. — Fred Rodell Copy Share Image
The Lawyers' trade is a trade built entirely on words. And so long as the lawyers carefully keep to themselves the key to what those words mean, the only way the average man can find out what is going on is to become a lawyer, or at least to study law, himself. All of which makes it very nice --… — Fred Rodell Copy Share
Exceptions to the traditions of dumpy dignity and fake learnedness in law review writing are as rare as they are beautiful. Once in a while a Thomas Reed Powell gets away with an imaginary judicial opinion that gives a real twist to the lion's tail. Once in a while a Thurman Arnold forgets his footnotes as though to say that… — Fred Rodell Copy Share
In tribal times, there were the medicine men. In the Middle Ages, there were the priests. Today, there are the lawyers. For every age, a group of bright boys, learned in their trades and jealous of their learning, who blend technical competence with plain and fancy hocus-pocus to make themselves masters of their fellow men. For every age, a pseudo-intellectual… — Fred Rodell Copy Share
While law is supposed to be a device to serve society, a civilized way of helping the wheels go round without too much friction,… — Fred Rodell Copy Share Image
Laws are no stronger than the devotion to them by the people who live under them — Fred Rodell Copy Share Image
Long sentences, awkward constructions, and fuzzy-wuzzy words that seem to apologize for daring to venture an opinion are part of the price the law… — Fred Rodell Copy Share Image
It is a mistake to think of these men as visionary dreamers, playing around at Philadelphia with abstract conceptions of political theory, pulling a… — Fred Rodell Copy Share Image
All the judges are lawyers; they interpret and enforce our laws. There is no separation of powers where the lawyers are concerned. There is… — Fred Rodell Copy Share Image
The reason the lawyers lead the line to the guillotine or the firing squad is that, while law is supposed to be a device… — Fred Rodell Copy Share Image
