Charles Caleb Colton Quote

In civil jurisprudence it too often happens that there is so much law, that 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.


Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words : Addressed to Those who Think (ed. 1825)


In civil jurisprudence it too often happens that there is so much law, that there is no room for justice, and that the claimant expires of wrong in...

In civil jurisprudence it too often happens that there is so much law, that there is no room for justice, and that the claimant expires of wrong in...

In civil jurisprudence it too often happens that there is so much law, that there is no room for justice, and that the claimant expires of wrong in...

In civil jurisprudence it too often happens that there is so much law, that there is no room for justice, and that the claimant expires of wrong in...