The practice of the law is a perfectly distinct art.
More Quotes from Frederick Pollock:
It is odd how learned persons fail to see that new terms and definitions are apt to mean new doubts and litigation.Frederick Pollock
Have you ever found any logical reason why mutual promises are sufficient consideration for one another (like the two lean horses of a Calcutta hack who can only just stand together)? I have not.
Frederick Pollock
Not that pleading can be taken as a test, for the forms of action, notably Debt, ignore the fundamental difference between duties imposed by law and duties created by the will of the parties.
Frederick Pollock
It cannot be assumed that equity was following common law whenever they agreed, any more than the converse.
Frederick Pollock
So far I go with the Socialists as to think it a pretty general rule that, where monopoly is necessary, it is better in public hands.
Frederick Pollock
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