...advance in others, criticism of legal ideas has advanced a good deal in the English-speaking world. No intelligent lawyer would at this day pretend that...Certainly they do not claim legislative power; nor, with all respect for Maine, do they exercise it. For a legislator is not bound to conform to the known...

...advance in others, criticism of legal ideas has advanced a good deal in the English-speaking world. No intelligent lawyer would at this day pretend that...Certainly they do not claim legislative power ; nor, with all respect for Maine, do they exercise it For a legislator is not bound to conform to the known...

...is broken, how much damages must be paid for a breach of contract. "No intelligent lawyer would in this day pretend that the decisions of the courts do not add to and alter the law," said Pollock, a distinguished English jurist. "Judge-made law is real law," wrote Dicey, another famous...

...that a court — at times — "legislates." Sir Frederick Pollock in 1906 viewed the matter this way: No intelligent lawyer would at this day pretend that...claim legislative power; nor ... do they exercise it. For a legislator is not bound to conform to the known existing rules or principles of law; statutes...

...engaged in legislation, in what is called 'judicial legislation'... 'No intelligent lawyer would in this day pretend that the decisions of the courts do not add to and alter the law', said Pollock, a distinguished English jurist. 'Judge-made law is real law', wrote Dicey, another famous...