Common law Quote by Latin Proverb Download Open image “The unwritten law - the common law” — Latin Proverb ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Common law Law Law and lawyers
There is a written and an unwritten law. The one by which we regulate our constitutions in our cities is the written law; that… — Diogenes Laertius Copy Share Image
In this world laws are written for the lofty aim of "the common good" and then acted out in life on the basis of… — Saul Alinsky Copy Share Image
“Once it's no longer accepted that something is wrong, all the laws in the world will avail you naught. The law functions as a… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
Some laws, though unwritten, are more firmly established than all written laws. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
We are a nation of laws, and we should live by the rule of law. And sometimes we should have a little bit of… — Lois Frankel Copy Share Image
It is the greatest possible praise to be praised by a man who is himself deserving of praise — Latin Proverb Copy Share Image
Opportunity has hair in front; behind she is bald; if you seize her by the forelock, you may hold her, but, if suffered to… — Latin Proverb Copy Share Image
No one familiar with the common law of England can read the Constitution of the United States without observing the great desire of the… — Samuel Freeman Miller Copy Share Image
“Uniformity in the common law, consisting of broad principles like the "reasonable person" standard, generally permits adjustment for the circumstances. This type of uniform… — Philip K. Howard Copy Share Image
Certainty is the mother of repose, and therefore the common law aims at certainty. — Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke Copy Share Image
Just as the common law derives from ancient precedents - judges' decisions - rather than statutes, baseball's codes are the game's distilled mores. Their… — George Will Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, the last thing I want to do is - well, anything. I just want to sleep. I crash… — Michael Ealy Copy Share Image
A large plural society cannot be governed without recognizing that, transcending its plural interests, there is a rational order with a superior common law. — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
This provision (the 4th Amendment) speaks for itself. Its plain object is to secure the perfect enjoyment of that great right of the common… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
It is a common law of nature, which no time will ever change, that superiors shall rule their inferiors. — Dionysius of Halicarnassus Copy Share Image
“A Virgin Cure? It's a lie of the most terrible and monstrous sort." pg. 121 "In 1871, under common law, the age of consent… — Ami McKay Copy Share Image
“The difference between the past and the present is that individual freedom and security no longer fall to be protected solely through the D… — Pius Langa Copy Share Image
