It is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that so it was laid down in the time of Henry IV. It is still more revolting if the grounds upon which it was laid down have vanished long since, and the rule simply persists from blind imitation... Voting Rights: Hearings Before Subcommittee No. 5, Eighty-ninth Congress ... - Pagina 709de United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 5 - 1965 - 1128 paginiVizualizare completă - Despre această carte
| 1916 - 948 pagini
...It is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that it was laid down in the reign of Henry IV. It is still more revolting if the grounds...was laid down have vanished long since and the rule simply persists from blind imitation of the past." 2 As he says, in the same address: "It does not... | |
| Eugene Allen Gilmore, William Charles Wermuth - 1914 - 964 pagini
...trespass ab initio : " It is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that so it was laid down in the time of Henry IV. It is still more...was laid down have vanished long since, and the rule simply persists from blind imitation of the past. I am thinking of the technical rule as to trespass... | |
| William Blackstone - 1916 - 1376 pagini
...antiquated doctrine: "It is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that so it was laid down in the time of "Henry IV. It is still more...was laid down have vanished long since, and the rule simply persists from blind imitation of the past. I am thinking of the technical rule as to trespass... | |
| William Blackstone - 1916 - 1380 pagini
...antiquated doetrine: "It is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that so it was laid down in the time of Henry IV. It is still more revolting if the grounds upon whieh it was laid down have vanished long sinee, and the rule simply persists from blind imitation... | |
| Robert Gildersleeve Paterson - 1918 - 194 pagini
...master of economics. It is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that so it was laid down in the time of Henry IV. It is still more...was laid down have vanished long since and the rule simply persists from blind imitation of the past. * * * We have too little theory in the law rather... | |
| 1919 - 394 pagini
..."It is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that it was laid down in the reign of Henry IV. It is still more revolting if the grounds...was laid down have vanished long since and the rule simply persists from blind imitation of the past." As he says, in the same address : "It does not follow... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes (Jr.) - 1920 - 336 pagini
...master of economics. It is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that so it was laid down in the time of Henry IV. It is still more...was laid down have vanished long since, and the rule simply persists from blind imitation of the past. I am thinking of the technical rule as to trespass... | |
| James Mickel Williams - 1920 - 518 pagini
...state." 24 Says Justice Holmes: " It is revolting to have no better reason for a rule than that so it was laid down in the time of Henry IV. It is still more...was laid down have vanished long since, and the rule simply persists from blind imitation of the past." 25 " It does not follow, because we all are compelled... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1943 - 112 pagini
...unconstitutional rely on the statement of a historic fact that, when the Constitution v. as adopted, all of the original States had property or tax qualifications....Holmes was right when, in discussing the situation in Missouri v. Holland (252 US 416, 433), he said: "It (the Constitution) must be considered in the light... | |
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