The more corrupt the commonwealth the more numerous the laws.
Tacitus
#twisdom #law
Tag Archives: law
Law’s Soul
It is not the words of a law but their internal sense that makes law.
J.M.Harlan
#twisdom #jurisprudence
Science in Steps
We do not call engineering a failure if a bridge collapses.
Roscoe Pound
#twisdom #law #progress #science
Ideal Realism
We must make our what ought-to-be from our achievements rather than from our failures.
Roscoe Pound
#twisdom #law #progress
Laws Lightly
Every actual state is corrupt. Good men must not obey the laws too well.
Emerson
#twisdom #law
The Nature of Property
Property, like every other social institution, has a social function to fulfill.
Benjamin Cardozo
#twisdom #jurisprudence #property
Two Tales of Tradition
The past’s wisdom includes its mistakes.
A.R.T.
#twisdom #twoetry #tradition
#Burke #jurisprudence
Social & Legal Obligation
Many a man pays his gambling debts although he fails to pay his tailor.
Eugen Ehrlich
#law #anthro #twisdom
Rules Cannot Think
Rules may deaden men’s wits but can hardly sharpen them.
Roscoe Pound
#1914 #twisdom #law #creativity
