Maxine Peake Quotes

I tend to watch a little TV... Court TV, once in a while. Some of the cases I get interested in.

When I used to teach civil procedure as a law professor, I would begin the year by telling my students that 'civil procedure is the etiquette of ritualized battle.' The phrase, which did not originate with me, captured the point that peaceful, developed societies resolve disputes by law rather than by force.

For a while, people couldn't understand why I'd find them so fascinating, but I'd rather go to a trial than to a Broadway play. Now that we have Court TV, they see what I mean.

As a former home secretary, I have access to and knowledge of the workings of the system in a way that individuals unfamiliar with the courts can never hope to have.

I decided I wanted to be a lawyer when I was 11 years of age.

I'd love to do a court-room drama. I loved 'Ally McBeal.' That was one of the main reasons I went to law school.

Conflicts that in Sweden and Japan would be solved by quiet consultations … through the bureaucracy are fought out through formal litigation in the American court system.

When I wanted to be an attorney, I think I wanted to be a litigator; I wanted to be in a courtroom.

It's always been my dream to be an attorney, and I'm that weird breed of human being that loves being in a courtroom.

Being on a grand jury felt like attending a series of hangings in a legal Wild West. Hands up for a true bill. Hands up for a dismissal. A show of hands to save a life, or to end it.

The courts used to be, fair and square, the avengers of secular crimes; but nowadays they demand respect even for the criminal.

The land of litigation, the courts are like game shows. Take what's behind the curtain the jury cries.

I would absolutely be a litigator. I watch Court TV every day.

Of course, as a German, I wouldn't like to tell the American people how to handle their criminal justice.

And where the offense is, let the great axe fall.

When 'The People's Court' came along, I had an opportunity to really teach people about law. It was very important to me.

I grew up on courtroom dramas, and I really love the feel of a dramatic thriller.

There is no more important institution in our country than the Department of Justice.

I loved my job... then the Simpson case happened.

People tune into court shows because they want to learn something and see resolution quickly.

I can write dramas that are about inside and outside the courtroom.

Going through a long legal battle is not what you sign up for as a fighter.

All the judges watched Judge Wapner. All America, at one point or another, watched Judge Wapner.

The law itself is on trial quite as much as the cause which is to be decided.

The jury passing on the prisoner's life may in the sworn twelve have a thief or two guiltier than him they try.