 The discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants: it is always unknown ; it is different in different men; it is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, and passion. In the best, it is oftentimes caprice ; in the worst, it is every vice, folly,...  THE MONTHLY REVIEW - Sida 338efter Several Hands - 1771Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | David Graham (Jr.) - 1855 - 650 sidor
...is conceded to be without law. And what is the substitute ? Let Lord Camden answer. " The discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants ; it is always unknown ; it is different in different men ; it is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, passion. In the best, it is oftentimes caprice ; in... | |
 | Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society - 1855 - 28 sidor
...purest Judges who ever adorned the English Bench," has said: " The discretion of a judge is the laic of tyrants. It is always unknown. It is different in different men. It is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, and feeling. In the best, it is oftentimes caprice ;... | |
 | Demoticus Philalethes, Ignacio Franchi Alfaro - 1856 - 412 sidor
...vast field open for arbitrariness. "The discrection of a Judge," as a distinguished Jurist has said, "is the law of tyrants. It is always unknown; it is different in different men ; it depends upon the constitution, temper and passions of the Judge. In the best it is oftentimes caprice... | |
 | Joshua Toulmin Smith - 1857 - 712 sidor
...distinguished Judge, Lord Camden, forcibly said, a century and a half later : — " The discretion of a Judge is the Law of tyrants. It is always unknown. It is different in different men. It is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, and passion. In the best it is oftentimes caprice. In... | |
 | Joshua Toulmin Smith - 1858 - 172 sidor
...task, one of the greatest judges that ever adorned the English Bench declared, that " The Discretion of a Judge is the Law of Tyrants. It is always unknown. It is different in different men. It is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, and passion. In the best it is oftentimes caprice. In... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May - 1863 - 608 sidor
...; but little, indeed, for the amendment of the law.2 1 Lord Camden said: — "The discretion of the judge is the law of tyrants. It is always unknown; it is different in different men; it is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, and passion. In the best, it is oftentimes caprice ;... | |
 | Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court - 1864 - 716 sidor
...CAMDEN said, in a dissenting judicial opinion, unsurpassed for judicial eloquence, that " the discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants ; it is always unknown ; it is different in different men ; it is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper and passion." His reported judicial opinions and decisions... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May - 1866 - 646 sidor
...; but little, indeed, for the amendment of the law.2 1 Lord Camden said: — "The discretion of the judge is the law of tyrants. It is always unknown; it is different in different men; it is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, and passion. In the best, it is oftentimes caprice ;... | |
 | 1866 - 514 sidor
...law of India, that the Judges should be trained. ' The discretion of a Judge,' says Lord Camden, ' is the law of tyrants ; it is always unknown ; ' it is different in different men; it is casual, and depends upon ' constitution, temper ; and passion.' In the best it is oftentimes ' caprice... | |
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