Law Development Quotes

It takes time to develop a system of law and order …. In 1960, when the Congo got its independence, we had less than ten college graduates.

Since the thirteenth century at least,--that is, since the Magna Carta,--England has been the bulwark of modern law.

My job is to interpret the law based on how the legislature and the court has done it and then, of course, to use our system of justice to develop some new legal tools and new concepts.

When primitive law has once been embodied in a Code, there is an end to what may be called its spontaneous development.

The security of which we speak is to be attained by the development of international law through an international organization based on the principles of law and justice.

The epoch of Customary Law, and of its custody by a privileged order, is a very remarkable one.

This movement is not about the destruction of law, but the construction of law.

It's every lawyer's dream to help shape the law, not just react to it.

Justice is immortal, eternal, and immutable, like God Himself; and the development of law is only then a progress when it is directed towards those principles which like Him, are eternal; and whenever prejudice or error succeeds in establishing in customary law any doctrine contrary to eternal justice.

My point is, as civilization is progressing, Mosaic law came down from the mountain, was handed to civilization, it emerged through the Greek civilization as the Greeks were developing their Age of Reason. And we're talking about the foundation of Western Civilization, and almost concurrently with that, Roman law was emerging as well.

As China works towards the rule of law, it is critical that it continues to develop and strengthen its legal system. However, it should be recognized that this system is only as strong as the professionals who work to uphold it.