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Nature of Law Quotes
Nature of Law / Focused on A-Level OCR
Source | Quotation |
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(Law and Morality) Lord Goddard in R v Windle | "... it would be an unfortunate thing if it were left to juries whether some particular act was morally right or wrong. The test must be whether it is contrary to the law." |
(Law and Morality) Lord Templeman in R v Brown | "Society is entitled and bound to protect itself against a cult of violence. Pleasure derived from the infliction of pain is an evil thing" |
(Law and Morality) 1964 Wolfenden Report | "...there remains an area of private morality and immorality that is not the law's business" |
(Law and Justice) Justice according to Karl Marx | "from each according to his ability and to each according to his need" |
(Law and Justice) Statistic for compensation for miscarriages of Justice | In 2021 only 6 out of 73 that applied for compensation from miscarriages of justice received any |
(Rule of Law) Fuller on the Rule of Law | "Be you ever so high the law is above you" |
(Rule of Law) Lord Bingham in the Rule of Law | "If you maltreat a penguin in the London zoo, you do not escape prosecution because you are the Archbishop of Canterbury" |
(Rule of Law) Dicey on the Rule of Law | "everyone, whatever his rank, is subject to the ordinary law of the land" |
(Law and Justice) Two cases showing a lack of procedural Justice | Birmingham 6 or Guildford 6 (procedural justice) |
(Law and Society) Lord Denning in Miller v Jackson | "There is a contest here between the interest of the public at large and the interest of the private individual" |
(Law and Society) Lord Hoffman in the Belmarsh Case | "The real threat to the life of the nation comes not from terrorism but from laws such as these" |
(Law and Society) Quote from Roscoe Pound | "the maximum number of wants with the minimum amount of friction and waste" |