Not Honesty Alone, But The Punctilio Of

The Difference Is No Less Real Because It Is Of Degree.

No Judicial System Could Do Society's Work If Each Issue Had To Be Decided Afresh In Every Case Which Raised It.

As I Search The Archives Of My Memory I Seem To Discern Six Types Or Methods [of Judicial Writing] Which Divide Themselves From One Another With Measurable Distinctness. There Is The Type Magisterial Or Imperative; The Type Laconic Or Sententious; The Type Conversational Or Homely; The Type Refined Or Artificial, Smelling Of The Lamp, Verging At Times Upon Preciosity Or Euphuism; The Demonstrative Or Persuasive; And Finally The Type Tonsorial Or Agglutinative, So Called From The Shears And The Pastepot Which Are Its Implements And Emblem.

Justice, Though Due To The Accused, Is Due The Accuser Also. The Concept Of Fairness Cannot Be Strained Till It Is Narrowed To A Filament. We Are To Keep Our Balance True.

There Are Vogues And Fashions In Jurisprudence As In Literature And Art And Dress.