Have you ever found any logical reason why mutual promises are sufficient consideration for one another (like the two lean horses of a Calcutta hack who can only just stand together)? I have not.

Quote by Frederick Pollock

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A doctrine capable of being stated only in obscure and involved terms is open to...

A doctrine capable of being stated only in obscure and involved terms is open to...

Crabbed and obscure definitions are of no use beyond a narrow circle of students, of...

Crabbed and obscure definitions are of no use beyond a narrow circle of students, of...

I have not heard that even the New York abortion has done very much in...

I have not heard that even the New York abortion has done very much in...

The lawyer has not reached the height of his vocation who does not find therein......

The lawyer has not reached the height of his vocation who does not find therein......

If you deny that any principles of conduct at all are common to and admitted...

If you deny that any principles of conduct at all are common to and admitted...

Yet when one suspects that a man knows something about life that one hasn't heard...

Yet when one suspects that a man knows something about life that one hasn't heard...

Our lady the Common Law is a very wise old lady though she still has...

Our lady the Common Law is a very wise old lady though she still has...

Not that pleading can be taken as a test, for the forms of action, notably...

Not that pleading can be taken as a test, for the forms of action, notably...

But it is strange how many rational beings believe the ultimate truths of the universe...

But it is strange how many rational beings believe the ultimate truths of the universe...

It is strange how little harm bad codes do.

It is strange how little harm bad codes do.

So far I go with the Socialists as to think it a pretty general rule...

So far I go with the Socialists as to think it a pretty general rule...

The oldest theory of contract is I think negative.

The oldest theory of contract is I think negative.

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

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

It is odd how learned persons fail to see that new terms and definitions are...

It is odd how learned persons fail to see that new terms and definitions are...

Medieval justice was a quaint thing.

Medieval justice was a quaint thing.

The practice of the law is a perfectly distinct art.

The practice of the law is a perfectly distinct art.

Consider the Essay as a political pamphlet on the Revolution side, and the fact that...

Consider the Essay as a political pamphlet on the Revolution side, and the fact that...