Compiled by London swaminathan

Date: 13 December 2015

Post No. 2387

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Lord John Russel said to David Hume, the philosopher:

“What do you consider the object of legislation?”

“The greatest good to the greatest number”

“What do you consider the greatest number?”

“Number one,” replied Hume.

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Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City has been one of America’s more notorious characters for many years. He is noted for his peculiar interpretations of the law, beginning with his insistent, “I am the law” policy. He pursues his legal interpretations into more specialised channels however. He has cut down Jersey City’s murder statistics at the expense of manslaughter by rigidly classifying all inter-marital killings as manslaughter, “when a man kills his wife that is not murder, that is manslaughter”, says Hague.

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Abraham Lincoln was once arguing a case against an opponent who tried to convince the jury that precedent is superior to law, and that custom makes things legal in all cases. Lincoln’s reply was one of his effective analogies in the form of a story. He told the jury that he would argue the case in the same way as his opponent and began:

“Od Squire Bagley came into my office one day and said: “Lincoln, I want your advice as a lawyer. Has a man what has been elected justice of the peace a right to issue a marriage license?”

“I told him no. whereupon the old squire threw himself back in his chair very indignantly and said, “Lincoln, I thought you was a lawyer. Now Bob Thomas and me had a bet on this thing, and we agreed to let you decide, but if this is your opinion, I don’t want it, for I know a thundering sight better. I have been a squire eight years, and I have issued marriage licenses all that time.”

—Subham—