Constitutional law Quote by Albie Sachs

“The other members of the legal fraternity especially the court officers/lawyers should be encouraged to aid in interpretation of statutes by handing down suggestions…

— Henrietta Newton Martin

“In later years, Reading seems to have been regarded as a handy place to run down to, when matters were becoming unpleasant in London. …

— Jerome K. Jerome

“Indeed, the Judges in the courts of law are more likely to be exposed to conflicts and disputes where the utility of law is…

— Henrietta Newton Martin

“It was the principle of this Court that deterrent laws, however strict, are useless without positive moral discipline; that the happiness of citizens depends,…

— Isocrates

“All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract,…

— George Washington

“Therefore, judges have to reach beyond the apparently impenetrable sphere of meaning by adopting the strategy of unravelling meaning in the constitutional text. This…

— Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly

We be informed by our judges that we at no time stand so highly in our estate royal as in the time of Parliament,…

— Henry VIII of England

The overreach of the judiciary can be attributed to, one, the inability of the executive to deliver; and two, the tendency to issue judicial…

— Kapil Sibal

“I have long held that judicial restraint, expressed through a well-reasoned rejection, is at times the most efficient form of justice; preserving both time…

— Henrietta Newton Martin-Legal Professional & Author

A courtroom is supposed to be a place where the status quo can be disrupted - even upended - when the Constitution or laws…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

“The study of law can be disappointing at times, a matter of applying narrow rules and arcane procedure to an uncooperative reality; a sort…

— Barack Obama

If [the legislature] will positively enact a thing to be done, the judges are not at liberty to reject it, for that were to…

— William Blackstone