...Law of England — and I venture to add that the Common Law of England, which is not a compendiuni of mechanical rules written in fixed and indelible...to the larger and fuller development of the nation, has been, still is, and will continue to be, both here' and wherever' English communities are found,...

...Asquith's encyclical on common law before an audience of barristers in 1888 : " The common law of England is not a compendium of mechanical rules written in...the larger and fuller development of the nation." This was Bentham's comment on similar vapourings : " The common law is a rule of wax, which lawyers...

...Codification, the great cheapener of law, is opposed on the following ground : The Common Law of England is not a compendium of mechanical rules written in fixed and indelible characters, 38 but a living organism which has grown and moved in response to the larger and fuller development...

...Codification, the great cheapener of law, is opposed on the following ground : The Common Law of England is not a compendium of mechanical rules written in fixed and indelible characters, l See Appendix E. but a living organism which has grown and moved in response to the larger and fuller...

...is an honour which I esteem one of the greatest of my life. As Mr. Asquith said not long ago: — " The Common Law of England has been, still is and will continue to be here and wherever British communities are found at once the organ and the safeguard of British justice...

...accessible. " Codes are devices found essential to the dominions of Emperors." "The Common Law of England is not a compendium of mechanical rules written in...characters, but a living organism which has grown . . ." (Asquith.) So ever speaks professionalism on its defence. At present, owing to lack of codification...

...in regard to our own law might well be borne in mind in this respect : " The Common Law of England is not a compendium of mechanical rules, written in...the larger and fuller development of the nation." One of the objections raised, is that such a scheme establishes a status quo, stereotyping and fixing...

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...a thing dead to all surrounding and changing conditions; it does expand with reason. The common law is not a compendium of mechanical rules, written in...indelible characters, but a living organism which grows and moves In response to the larger and fuller development of the nation" — has not yet released...

...thing dead to all surrounding and changing conditions ; it does expand with reason. The common law is not a compendium of mechanical rules, written in...indelible characters, but a living organism which grows and moves in response to the larger and fuller development of the nation. In Colwell v. Tinker,...