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<head>Black11. Comm. # 380 </head><lb/> | <head>Black11. Comm. # 380 </head><lb/> | ||
<p>"It is wisely therefore ordered, that the principles<lb/> and axioms of law.... should be deposited in the<lb/> breasts of the the Judges" — It would be rather wiser<lb/> if they were deposited somewhere where it would<lb/> be possible for men whose conduct <del>it</del> is to be governed<lb/> by them to have access to them; in <add>an</add> a<lb/> <add>intelligible</add> volume for example which a man might buy for<lb/> a few shillings instead of going to and giving as<lb/> many guineas to <add>an attorney and a council</add> a council to tell him what<lb/> the opinion of the Judge is before the Judge has<lb/> any opinion about the matter. </p> | <p>"It is wisely therefore ordered, that the principles<lb/> and axioms of law.... should be deposited in the<lb/> breasts of the the Judges" — It would be rather wiser<lb/> if they were deposited somewhere where it would<lb/> be possible for men whose conduct <del>it</del> is to be governed<lb/> by them to have access to them; in <add>an</add> a<lb/> <add>intelligible</add> volume for example which a man might buy for<lb/> a few shillings instead of going to and giving as<lb/> many guineas to <add>an attorney and a council</add> a council to tell him what<lb/> the opinion of the Judge is before the Judge has<lb/> any opinion about the matter. </p> | ||
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<p>"For him partiality can have little scope:"<lb/> | |||
... I have already shewn <add>how</add> it has under the Common <lb/> Law the only branch which he appears to<lb/> have in view it has every scope which it could<lb/> wish for.</p> | |||
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"The law is well known" .... by being deposited<lb/> in the breasts of the Judges where no body<lb/> can get at it — and is the same for all ranks<lb/><note> of those who can pay the price for it. Which is the case with about one in fifty.</note> and degrees — privilege of parliament, <del>and</del> gamelaws,<lb/> | |||
Black11. Comm. # 380
"It is wisely therefore ordered, that the principles
and axioms of law.... should be deposited in the
breasts of the the Judges" — It would be rather wiser
if they were deposited somewhere where it would
be possible for men whose conduct it is to be governed
by them to have access to them; in an a
intelligible volume for example which a man might buy for
a few shillings instead of going to and giving as
many guineas to an attorney and a council a council to tell him what
the opinion of the Judge is before the Judge has
any opinion about the matter.
"For him partiality can have little scope:"
... I have already shewn how it has under the Common
Law the only branch which he appears to
have in view it has every scope which it could
wish for.
"The law is well known" .... by being deposited
in the breasts of the Judges where no body
can get at it — and is the same for all ranks
of those who can pay the price for it. Which is the case with about one in fifty. and degrees — privilege of parliament, and gamelaws,
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