Common law Quote by Daniel Hannan

“Judges ought to remember that their office is to interpret law, and not to make law, or give law.”

— Francis Bacon

“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

“The judge does not make the law. It is the people that make the law. It is the duty of a judge to do…

— Alan Paton

“It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before may legally be done again: and therefore they take special care…

— Jonathan Swift

“But the fact that judges follow precedent regularly even though not invariably does not support the legalistic theory as strongly as one might expect.…

— Richard A. Posner

Judges can't make law; judges shouldn't be policy makers.

— Ketanji Brown Jackson

The judges are a big problem. Law is equal for everyone, except for them.

— Giulio Andreotti

A judge must be independent and must interpret the law, not make the law.

— Brett Kavanaugh

Judges need to restrict themselves to the proper resolution of the case before them. They need to avoid the temptation to set broad policy.

— Mike DeWine

“Because the common law was not simply the creature of political power-holders, it became another of the forces for separation of powers and of…

— Thomas Sowell

“the great Judge rules with justice.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

I think judges have to have the ability to put aside their personal views and rule on the facts of the case with fidelity…

— Susan Collins