“Although a legal system is rooted in the values of its society, it also has an independent dynamic, with principles, language, and rules of its own.” — Joel P. Trachtman Copy Share Image
“The art of reasoned persuasion is an iterative, recursive heuristic, meaning that we must go back and forth between the facts and the rules… — Joel P. Trachtman Copy Share Image
“Law, like taxes in the words of the great judge Oliver Wendell Holmes, is the price of civilization.” — Joel P. Trachtman Copy Share Image
“the law itself may be inconsistent with substantive justice—it may be inconsistent with what you or I believe is right. The idea that we… — Joel P. Trachtman Copy Share Image
“Although a legal system is rooted in the values of its society, it also has an independent dynamic, with principles, language, and rules of… — Joel P. Trachtman Copy Share Image
