 The law embodies the story of a nation's development through many centuries, and it cannot be dealt with as if it contained only the axioms and corollaries of a book of mathematics.  Monthly Labor Review - Page 8921966Full view - About this book
 | Geoffrey R. Stone - 2004 - 758 pages
..."has not been logic: it has been experience." His approach was historical and eclectic. He argued that "the law embodies the story of a nation's development through many centuries" and that "it cannot be dealt with as if it contained only the axioms and corollaries of a book of mathematics."257... | |
 | Sophie Littlefield, William Wiecek - 2004 - 112 pages
...had developed in primitive societies and in ancient Rome and Europe. Holmes wrote in The Common Law, "The law embodies the story of a nation's development through many centuries." As such, law reflects the moral and social development of the people it governs. Law, he reasoned,... | |
 | Steven L. Piott - 2006 - 244 pages
...he said, "have had a good deal more to do than the syllogism in determining the rules by which men should be governed. The law embodies the story of...and it cannot be dealt with as if it contained only the axioms and corollaries of a book of mathematics."1 Inspired by Holmes, progressive lawyers and... | |
 | G. Edward White - 2006 - 173 pages
...fellow-men, have had a good deal more to do than the syllogism in determining the rules by which men should be governed. The law embodies the story of...and it cannot be dealt with as if it contained only the axioms and corollaries of a book of mathematics. In order to know what it is, we must know what... | |
 | David F. Prindle - 2006 - 398 pages
...published in 1881, he wrote "The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience. . . . The law embodies the story of a nation's development...and it cannot be dealt with as if it contained only the axioms and corollaries of a book of mathematics."101 In a sense, Holmes's attack was misdirected,... | |
 | Elisabeth Israels Perry, Karen Manners Smith - 2006 - 433 pages
...political theories, institutions of public policy, and even the prejudices that all judges share. In short, "The law embodies the story of a nation's development...and it cannot be dealt with as if it contained only the axioms and corollaries of a book of mathematics." With such views, Holmes contributed to the early... | |
 | Kenneth R. Hammond - 2007 - 368 pages
...fellow-men, have had a good deal more to do than the syllogism in determining the rules by which men should be governed. The law embodies the story of...and it cannot be dealt with as if it contained only the axioms and corollaries of a book of mathematics.5 What was Holmes seeking if he did not accept... | |
 | Mauro Zamboni - 2007 - 166 pages
...constitutes a scientific approach to the law."6 It is a secondary track pulling towards a more scien111 "The law embodies the story of a nation's development...and it cannot be dealt with as if it contained only the axioms and corollaries of a book of mathematics." HOLMES, THE COMMON LAW, supra at 1. See also... | |
 | Michael Sullivan - 2007 - 178 pages
...finish — with an examination of our constitutional text, history, and traditions."). 84. Holmes wrote: "The law embodies the story of a nation's development...and it cannot be dealt with as if it contained only the axioms and corollaries of a book of mathematics. In order to know what it is, we must know what... | |
 | Kieran Dolin - 2007 - 26 pages
...fellow-men, have had a good deal more to do than the syllogism in determining the rules by which men should be governed. The law embodies the story of a nation's development through the centuries, and it cannot be dealt with as if it contained only the axioms and corollaries of a... | |
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