"Let us consider the reason of the case. For nothing is law that is not reason."
— John Powell

January 1, 1970

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Lawyers from EnglandMembers of the Parliament of EnglandJudges from England
Original Language: English

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Coggs vs. Bernard, Lord Raymond, 911, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason... The law, which is perfection of reason", Edward Coke, First Institute of the Lawes of England (1628).