If you deny that any principles of conduct at all are common to and admitted by all men who try to behave reasonably - well, I don't see how you can have any ethics or any ethical background for law.

Quote by Frederick Pollock

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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...

Have you ever found any logical reason why mutual promises are sufficient consideration for one...

Have you ever found any logical reason why mutual promises are sufficient consideration for one...

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...

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......

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...

The oldest theory of contract is I think negative.

The oldest theory of contract is I think negative.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Medieval justice was a quaint thing.

Medieval justice was a quaint thing.

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...

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...

It is strange how little harm bad codes do.

It is strange how little harm bad codes do.

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...

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...