 | 112 pages
...the formative period of the nation by the great influence of Blackstone, who says of the judges :2 They are the depositaries of the laws; the living...decide in all cases of doubt, and who are bound by an oath to decide according to the law of the land. According to Blackstone judicial decisions are... | |
 | National Conference on Social Welfare - 1912 - 672 pages
...Professor Roscoe Pound, Harvard Law School. The judges in the several courts of justice, says Blackstone, "are the depositaries of the laws, the living oracles who must decide in all cases of doubt." Hence, to the practical American, taught that law is law because the courts so decide, it may well... | |
 | Bar Association of Arkansas - 1903 - 292 pages
...common law were known by the judges in the several courts of justice ; that they were the depositories of the laws; the living oracles who must decide in all cases of doubt; that their knowledge of the law was derived from experience and study, and from being long personally... | |
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But here a very natural, and very material, question arises; how are these customs or maxims to be known, and by whom is their validity to be determined? The answer is, by the judges in the several courts of justice. They are the depositaries of the laws;... 
