Experience Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

“The rational study of law is still to a large extent the study of history. History must be a part of the study, because…

— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

If, occasionally, historical evidence does not square with formulated laws, it should be remembered that a law is but a deduction from experience and…

— Immanuel Velikovsky

Rule-following, legal precedence, and political consistency are not more important than right, justice and plain common-sense.

— W. E. B. Du Bois

“a law is but a deduction from experience and experiment, and therefore laws must conform with historical facts, not facts with law.”

— Immanuel Velikovsky

Those who believe that... detailed rules originate in a certain cause, are as far from the truth as those who assume that the whole…

— Maimonides

We do not need a heavy theoretical thumb on the scales. What's important is how the traditional sources of law and legal interpretation -…

— Diane S. Sykes

Like other high subjects, the Law gives no ground to common sense.

— Mason Cooley

History, to be above evasion or dispute, must stand on documents, not on opinions.

— Lord Acton

Written history may, in the course of its narrative, use some of the laws established by the various sciences, but its own task remains…

— Lloyd deMause

This is how proofiness works. The assertion is more important than the evidence itself.

— David Corn

Every law, every constitution, every regulative decision is based upon what people are discussing in their community. It's based upon our sum knowledge of…

— Julian Assange

All decisions in the criminal justice system must be determined by the physical and scientific evidence, and the credible testimony corroborated by that evidence,…

— Robert P. McCulloch