William Murray Mansfield:
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William Murray Mansfield citáty a výroky
William Murray Mansfield: Citáty anglicky
When asked by an army officer, appointed governor of a west Indies island and who had no experience in law, how to apply the law. Quoted by John Cordy Jeaffreson in A Book About Lawyers http://books.google.com/books?id=lUpqPJSlBS8C&q="tut+man+decide+promptly+but+never+give+any+reasons+for+your+decisions+your+decisions+may+be+right+but+your+reasons+are+sure+to+be+wrong"&pg=PA85#v=onepage, Volume 1 (1867).
“A man wants no protection when his conduct is strictly right.”
Bird v. Gunston (1785), 3 Doug. 275.
“An estimated value is a precarious measure of justice, compared with the specific thing.”
Fisher v. Prince (1762), 3 Burr. Part IV. 1365.
Jones v. Randall (1774), Lofft. 386.
Reported in Andrew Stuart, Letters to the Right Honorable Lord Mansfield (1773), p. 29.
“Anciently, the Courts of justice did sit on Sundays.”
Swann v. Broome (1764), 3 Burr. Part IV., p. 1597.
