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The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.
The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.
Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies but which let wasps and hornets break through.
Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies but which let wasps and hornets break through.
it's not your client's obligation, or your obligation, to prove your client's innocence. It is the prosecution's obligation to -- read more
it's not your client's obligation, or your obligation, to prove your client's innocence. It is the prosecution's obligation to -- to prove you're client's guilt.
The problem with any unwritten law is that you don't know where to go to erase it.
The problem with any unwritten law is that you don't know where to go to erase it.
The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.
The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.
If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, read more
If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, then tyranny. Legal process is an essential part of the democratic process.
Whatever you say it is, it isn't.
Whatever you say it is, it isn't.
The law's made to take care o' raskills.
The law's made to take care o' raskills.
