How long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law.

Edward Coke

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Topic

Custom and convention Reason Law

Author

Edward Coke

Source

Institutes of the Lawes of England

Medium

Treatise

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1628 1620s 17th century

Occupation

Judge Politician Lawyer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Coke, Edward. The First Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England. Or, a Commentarie upon Littleton, Not the Name of a Lawyer Onely, but of the Law it selfe. London: Societe of Stationers, 1628, bk. 1, ch. 10, sect. 80.

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It is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that so it was laid down in the time of Henry IV. It is still more revolting if the grounds upon which it was laid down have vanished long since, and the rule simply persists from blind imitation of the past.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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Legal theory Law

Author

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Language
English
Time
1897 1890s 19th century
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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. "The Path of the Law." Address to the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts at the dedication of the new hall of the Boston University School of Law. 8 Jan. 1897, Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA, USA.

Current Citation

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. "The Path of the Law." The Essential Holmes: Selections from the Letters, Speeches, Judicial Opinions, and Other Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr, edited by Richard A. Posner. University of Chicago Press, 1997.