 | United States. Circuit Courts, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott - 1871 - 648 pàgines
...guide but their sound discretion, bringing vividly to mind the eloquent exclamation of Lord CAMDEK : " The discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants." It is very important to have some rule to guide the judgment. It is not safe to be left at large to utter... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May - 1877 - 626 pàgines
...little, indeed, for the amendment of the law.a 1 Lord Camden said: — "The discretion of the jud^e is the law of tyrants. It is always unknown; it is...constitution, temper, and passion. In the best, it ia oftentimes caprice; in the worst, it is every vice, folly, and passion to which human nature is... | |
 | Cornelius Walford - 1873 - 694 pàgines
...of law. -Lord Camden said, in the case of Hindson v. Kersey, "Discretion is the law of tyrants, and is always unknown; it is different in different men ; it is casual, and depends on constitution, temper, and passion : in the best it is ultentimes caprice ; in the worst, every vice,... | |
 | 1920 - 496 pàgines
...prompted by that view of its exercise expressed by the Supreme Court of Alabama when that Court said, "The discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants....different men. It is casual and depends upon constitution and passion. In the best it is at times capricious. In the worst it is every vice, folly and madness... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1874 - 980 pàgines
...judge," he says, "is the law of tyrants. It is different in different men ; it is always unknown ; it is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper,...oftentimes caprice; in the worst, it is every vice and passion to which human nature is liable." Now this is the opinion of the Lord Chancellor Camden,... | |
 | Nathaniel Cleveland Moak - 1878 - 936 pàgines
...discretion of a judge' says he, in his Genuine Argument, bawling out all the way to the eye in capitals—' the discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants :...always unknown : it is different in different men : it la casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, and passion. In the best, it is oftentimes caprice... | |
 | 1879 - 582 pàgines
...disposed to claim for the bench all possible power aud dignity, appreciated this fact when he said: "The discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants....different in different men. It is casual, and depends upon circumstance, temper and passion. At the best, it is oftentimes caprice ; at the worst, it is every... | |
 | 1921 - 804 pàgines
...are the essential attributes of law and of justice. " The discretion of a judge," said Lord Camden, " is the law of tyrants ; it is always unknown; it is...is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, passion. In the best it is of ten-times caprice; in the worst it is every crime, folly and passion... | |
 | 1920 - 1086 pàgines
...Camden said on that subject. " The discretion of a Judge," he said, " is the law of tyrants, It ia always unknown; It is different in different men; it is casual and depends upon the constitution, temper and passion. ^n the best It is oftentimes caprice; in the worst it is every... | |
 | 1906 - 1292 pàgines
...be, in the affairs of men. The bitter notion of Lord Camden relating to judicial discretion, to wit: "The discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants....is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, passion. In the best, it Is oftentimes caprice; in the worst, it is every vice, folly, and passion... | |
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The discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants ; it is always unknown; it is different in different men; it is casual and depends upon constitution, temper and passion. In the best it is oftentimes caprice ; in the worst it is every crime, folly and... 
