It's too early to tell. Some people believe that Roberts may be similar to Rehnquist in his jurisprudence, although that's not at all clear yet.
Quotes about jurisprudence (16 Quotes)
Nonetheless, sitting on the high court is a lifetime appointment, and Roberts' relative youth means he could be in a position to significantly reshape Supreme jurisprudence. Critics say that it's imperative that the public knows as much as possible about how he would interpret and uphold the Constitution. Roberts is 50, ... He could be affecting our lives with his rulings for the next 35 years.
In Islamist jurisprudence you warn enemies before you attack them. It is typical behavior.
The principle of equity first came into evidence in Roman jurisprudence and was derived by analogy from the physical meaning of the word.
There is some fear that they might perhaps, on some issues like abortion, carry out a kind of Catholic jurisprudence rather than reflecting a broader point of view.
In civil jurisprudence it too often happens that there is so much law, there is no room for justice, and that the claimant expires of wrong, in the midst of right, As mariners die of thirst in the midst of water.
The most celebrated system of jurisprudence known to the world begins, as it ends, with a Code.
nothing distinctively Catholic about their jurisprudence.
is to have a dignified hearing which will give insights into Judge Roberts' jurisprudence, and to get an idea of his thinking on questions like respect for precedent ... and his views on congressional authority.
I am not going to claim that modern anarchism has any direct relation to Roman jurisprudence; but I do claim that it has its basis in the laws of nature rather than in the state of nature.
Besides a happy policy as to civil government, it is necessary to institute a system of law and jurisprudence founded in justice, equity, and public right.
Judge John Roberts, President George W. Bush's choice for chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, will put religion back where it belongs, ... He will drive a stake through that view of American jurisprudence that says that religion and God have no place in public life.
The Roman jurisprudence has the longest known history of any set of human institutions.
In the early centuries of Islam, the great schools of Islamic jurisprudence were built upon the above principles. Basic to all their legal systems they developed the doctrine that liberty is the fundamental basis of law.
Americans can also look to their own heritage for the standard of values of which I speak. Your Declaration of Independence contains a powerful but simple statement of principle which, if applied today, would revolutionize the world. 'All men are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.' This is the most profound curtailment of the power of government and rulers and the most legitimate rationale for the universal rights of man that I have ever seen enunciated in such few words. Your system of jurisprudence and your Bill of Rights are derived from moral principles which enshrine the sanctity of life and all that this conveys in a political society....
Our view is that if the United States does not recognize that people have a right, under the U.N jurisprudence, to object to certain types of wars, then they can't go to the U.S for protection, they have to come to Canada.