 Hence it is that there can be but few men in the society who will have sufficient skill in the laws to qualify them for the stations of judges. And making the proper deductions for the ordinary depravity of human nature, the number must be still smaller...  The Southwestern Reporter - Page 1691900Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - History - 1998 - 220 pages
...variety of controversies which grow out of the folly and wickedness of mankind, that the records of those precedents must unavoidably swell to a very considerable...sufficient skill in the laws to qualify them for the stations of judges. And making the proper deductions for the ordinary depravity of human nature, the... | |
 | John P. Kaminski, Richard Leffler - History - 1998 - 244 pages
...variety of controversies which grow out of the folly and wickedness of mankind, that the records of those precedents must unavoidably swell to a very considerable...sufficient skill in the laws to qualify them for the stations of judges. And making the proper deductions for the ordinary depravity of human nature, the... | |
 | Richard M Battistoni - Law - 2000 - 198 pages
...variety of controversies which grow out of the folly and wickedness of mankind, that the records of those precedents must unavoidably swell to a very considerable...sufficient skill in the laws to qualify them for the stations of judges. And making the proper deductions for the ordinary depravity of human nature, the... | |
 | Sotirios A. Barber, Robert P. George - Law - 2001 - 354 pages
...acquisition of the legal expertise necessary to interpret the law "demand[s] long and laborious study. . . . Hence it is that there can be but few men in the society...skill in the laws to qualify them for the station of judges."29 Consequently, responsibility for constitutional interpretation rests not with "the whole... | |
 | Cynthia L. Cates, Wayne V. McIntosh - Political Science - 2001 - 264 pages
...example. Hamilton argued that appointment with life tenure is the best way to identify and retain those "few men in the society who will have sufficient skill in the laws." However, studies have indicated that, at least at the state level, individuals of similar training... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - History - 2003 - 692 pages
...variety of controversies which grow out of the folly and wickedness of mankind that the records of those precedents must unavoidably swell to a very considerable...sufficient skill in the laws to qualify them for the stations of judges. And making the proper deductions for the ordinary depravity of human nature, the... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - History - 2003 - 642 pages
...variety of controversies which grow out of the folly and wickedness of mankind, that the records of those precedents must unavoidably swell to a very considerable...it is that there can be but few men in the society, w ho will have sufficient skill in the laws to qualify them for the stations of judges. And making... | |
 | Paul O. Carrese - Law - 2010 - 350 pages
...Given the depravity of mankind, which leads to numerous legal controversies, "the records of those precedents must unavoidably swell to a very considerable...laborious study to acquire a competent knowledge of them" (502-3). It is unquestioned that this legal depository will be a common-law, not civil law, judiciary.... | |
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