Bases Quote by Jerome Frank

Precedent goes in support of justice.

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

“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

If you're in the business of law you're in the business of representation and precedent.

— David Lammy

A precedent provides legal authority for an action precisely because it occurred before.

— Ari Melber

Precedents are the disgrace of legislation. They are not wanted to justify right measures, are absolutely insufficient to excuse wrong ones. They can only…

— Laurence Sterne

“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

As to precedents, to be sure they will increase in course of time; but the more precedents there are, the less occasion is there…

— Samuel Johnson

When I went to law school, which after all was back in the dark ages, we never looked beyond our borders for precedents. As…

— Sandra Day O'Connor

I know my judicial role is further constrained by careful adherence to precedent.

— Ketanji Brown Jackson

I hate second-guessing other lawyers because I know that I've tried and lost cases, and somebody could sit there and say, 'Should have done…

— Scott Turow

I Do not Follow Precedent, I Set New Precedents for Others to Follow.

— Anton Singh

Precedents once established are so much positive power.

— James Madison