Abbreviations Quote by Norman Ralph Augustine

“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

Mastering the lawless science of our law,- that codeless myriad of precedent, that wilderness of single instances.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

“In general we should be aware of, and protective towards, those precious legal instruments that we already possess, and which often depend on principles…

— Roger Scruton

“Legality is just the name for everything that's not dangerous for the ruling order.”

— Hari Kunzru

What I really like about law is that it's not an endless discourse like history or philosophy. In law, there comes a point where…

— Bernhard Schlink

At each stage...entirely new laws, concepts and generalizations are necessary, requiring inspiration and creativity to just as great a degree as in the previous…

— Poul Anderson

I love the philosophy around the rule of law.

— Kemi Badenoch

One of the challenges for lawyers can be explaining, first of all, what the legal issue is and, second, its significance. And both of…

— Ken Cuccinelli

It would be a narrow conception of jurisprudence to confine the notion of 'laws' to what is found written on the statute books, and…

— Felix Frankfurter

“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

Rule of law is the most important element in any civil society.

— Mo Ibrahim

If you desire information on some point of law, you are not likely to ponder over the ponderous tomes of legal writers in order…

— Felix Adler