 | 1879 - 582 páginas
...disposed to claim for the bench all possible power aud dignity, appreciated this fact when he said: "The discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants....different in different men. It is casual, and depends upon circumstance, temper and passion. At the best, it is oftentimes caprice ; at the worst, it is every... | |
 | 1921 - 804 páginas
...are the essential attributes of law and of justice. " The discretion of a judge," said Lord Camden, " is the law of tyrants ; it is always unknown; it is...upon constitution, temper, passion. In the best it is of ten-times caprice; in the worst it is every crime, folly and passion to which human nature is liable."... | |
 | Maine Historical Society - 1881 - 542 páginas
...left, necessarily, to judicial discretion, which Lord Camden called " the law of tyrants;" saying " it is always unknown; it is different in different...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 and passion... | |
 | Maine Historical Society - 1881 - 538 páginas
...left, necessarily, to judicial discretion, which Lord Camden called " the law of tyrants;" saying " it is always unknown; it is different in different...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 and passion... | |
 | 1920 - 1086 páginas
...Camden said on that subject. " The discretion of a Judge," he said, " is the law of tyrants, It ia always unknown; It is different in different men; it is casual and depends upon the constitution, temper and passion. ^n the best It is oftentimes caprice; in the worst it is every... | |
 | 1881 - 158 páginas
...give the entire passage, as follows ; — 'The discretion of the judge is the law of tyrants. It a 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, and passion... | |
 | Francis Marion Green - 1882 - 460 páginas
...embodied in this one sentence of Delolime (Vol. I., p. 455): ' The arbitrary discretion of any man is the law of tyrants — it is always unknown, it...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, and passion... | |
 | James Abram Garfield - 1882 - 832 páginas
...liberty and law is well embodied in this one sentence of De Lolme : " The arbitrary discretion of any man is the law of tyrants: it is always unknown, it is...is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, and passion ; in the best it is oftentimes caprice, in the worst it is every vice, folly, and passion... | |
 | James Paterson - 1882 - 546 páginas
...been severely criticised, as if it were a source of danger. " The discretion of a judge is said to be the law of tyrants : it is always unknown ; it is...is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, and passion. In the best, it is oftentimes caprice ; in the worst, it is every vice, folly, and passion... | |
 | Henry Humphreys - 1890 - 952 páginas
...discretion of this nature in the hands of any Judge, the following picture is drawn by Lord Camden : — " The discretion of a Judge is the law of tyrants ;...in different men ; it is casual, and depends upon couj'titution, temper, passion. In the best it is oftentimes caprice ; in the worst, it i« every vice,... | |
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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,... 
