 The life of the law has not been logic : it has been experience. The felt necessities of the time, the prevalent moral and political theories, intuitions of public policy, avowed or unconscious, even the prejudices which judges share with their fellow-men,...  The Juridical Review - Page 2561890Full view - About this book
 | American Bar Association - 1913 - 1216 pages
...Justice Wendell Holmes which is profoundly true: "The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience. The felt necessities of the time, the prevalent moral and political theories, intentions of public policy, avowed or unconscious, even the prejudices which judges share with their... | |
 | Illinois State Bar Association - 1887 - 414 pages
...logic, it has been experience. The felt necessities of the time, the prevalent moral and politic«! theories, intuitions of public policy, avowed or unconscious, even the prejudices which the judges share with their fellow-men, have had a good deal more to do than the syllogism in determining... | |
 | General Federation of Women's Clubs - 1922 - 686 pages
...a philosopher in the realm of law, has said : "The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience, the felt necessities of the time, the prevalent moral and political theories, intuitions and public policy avowed or unconscious * * * have had a great deal more to do than the syllogism in... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1909 - 448 pages
...requires a particular result, but^ it is not all. The life of the law has not been logici.lt, has been experience. The felt necessities of the time, the....avowed or unconscious, even the prejudices which judges share with their fellow-men, have had a good deal more to do than the syllogism in determining the... | |
 | Charles Warren - 1911 - 608 pages
..."The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience. The felt necessities of the times, the prevalent moral and political theories, intuitions...or unconscious — even the prejudices which judges share with their fellow-men, have had a good deal more to do than the syllogism in determining the... | |
 | George Spencer Bower - 1911 - 568 pages
...treatise on The Common Law (Lecture I, p. 1), " the life of the law has not been logic : it has been experience. The felt necessities of the time, the...political theories, intuitions of public policy, avowed and unconscious, even the prejudices which judges share with their fellow men, have a good deal more... | |
 | John Henry Wigmore - 1912 - 1132 pages
...The Common Law, "are needed besides logic; for the life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience. The felt necessities of the time, —...political theories, — intuitions of public policy, — even the prejudices which judges share with their fellow-men, have had a good deal more to do than... | |
 | American Bar Association - 1913 - 1172 pages
...Justice Wendell Holmes which is profoundly true : " The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience. The felt necessities of the time, the prevalent moral and political theories, intentions of public policy, avowed or unconscious, even the prejudices which judges share with their... | |
 | Richard Burdon Haldane Haldane (Viscount) - 1913 - 62 pages
...Justice Wendell Holmes which is profoundly true : " The life of the law has not been logic ; it has been experience. The felt necessities of the time, the prevalent moral and political theories, intentions of^public policy, avowed or unconscious, even the^prejudices which judges share with their... | |
 | 1914 - 1230 pages
...Justice Wendell Holmes which is profoundly true: " The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience. The felt necessities of the time, the prevalent moral and political theories, intentions of public policy, avowed or unconscious, even the prejudices which judges share with their... | |
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