KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Quotes for topic: Common Law


Share this page on

Showing 1-6 of 6 quotes in the topic Common Law

We are living out the liberal dream of our founders. The Constitution, the very liberal document - we have gone beyond English common law, which was the basis of law in the West.

~Alan Colmes

Topics: Basis Beyond Common Common Law Constitution Document Dream English Founders Gone Law Liberal Living Our Out Very West Which

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason - the law which is perfection of reason.

~Edward Coke

Topics: Common Common Law Else Itself Law Life Nay Nothing Perfection Reason Which

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


'Pnin' by Vladimir Nabokov, which is a literally small book, fit right in my common law book. I would sit in class and read it.

~Elizabeth Strout

Topics: Book Class Common Common Law Fit Law Literally Read Right Sit Small Which Would

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Our lady the Common Law is a very wise old lady though she still has something to learn in telling what she knows.

~Frederick Pollock

Topics: Common Common Law Knows Lady Law Learn Old Old Lady Our She Something Still Telling Though Very Wise

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


It cannot be assumed that equity was following common law whenever they agreed, any more than the converse.

~Frederick Pollock

Topics: Agreed Any Assumed Cannot Common Common Law Converse Equity Following Law More Than Whenever

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Just as the common law derives from ancient precedents - judges' decisions - rather than statutes, baseball's codes are the game's distilled mores. Their unchanged purpose is to show respect for opponents and the game. In baseball, as in the remainder of life, the most important rules are unwritten. But not unenforced.

~George Will

Topics: Ancient Baseball Codes Common Common Law Decisions Derives Distilled Game Important Judges Just Law Life Most Opponents Purpose Rather Respect Rules Show Than The Most Important Unchanged Unwritten

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Popular Authors

Gilbert K. Chesterton Angela Davis Kevin Hart Steve Jobs Theodore Roosevelt George Bernard Shaw Jim Valvano Denis Waitley

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1890 - H. P. Lovecraft

1601 - Pierre De Fermat

1833 - Benjamin Harrison

1881 - Edgar Guest

1886 - Paul Tillich

1892 - George Aiken

1901 - Salvatore Quasimodo

1907 - Shirley Booth

1908 - Al Lopez

1917 - Terry Sanford

Birthdays on August 20th
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Birthday Environmental Faith God History Home Legal Peace