“Our legal system, including the police, is anti-Dalit and anti-poor. The death penalty laws' wrathful majesty, in blood-shot equality, deals the fatal blow on the poor not the rich, the pariah not the brahmin, the black not the white, the underdog not the top dog, the dissenter not the conformist. . . The law barks at all but bites only the poor, the powerless, the illiterate, the ignorant.” LawBlackWhitePoorDealsRichBloodDogShotsPoliceIncludingBlowIgnorantBitesPenaltiesPowerlessMajestyDeath PenaltyBarkUnderdogIlliterateLegal SystemConformistPariahsBrahmins Author:V. R. Krishna Iyer
“To summarize: Americans have one of the greatest legal systems, but not a monopoly of the sense of justice, which is universal; nor have we a permanent copyright on the means of securing justice, for it is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.” MeanFormLawSpiritJusticeAliveUniversalPermanentMonopolyCopyrightLegal System Book:The Public Papers of Chief Justice Earl Warren Source: The Public Papers of Chief Justice Earl Warren
“Imagine a legal system in which lawyers were equated with the clients they defended and were condemned for representing controversial or despised clients.” LawJusticeImagineCorruptionLawyerClientsControversialRepresentingDespisedLegal System Book:Letters to a Young Lawer (Easyread Large Edition) Source: Letters to a Young Lawer (Easyread Large Edition)
“I have no doubt that if an actual ticking bomb situation were to arise, our law enforcement authorities would torture. The real debate is whether such torture should take place outside of our legal system or within it. The answer to this seems clear: If we are to have torture, it should be authorized by the law.” IfsShouldRealSeemsLawAnswersSituationClearDoubtAuthorityDebateAriseTortureNo DoubtBombsLaw EnforcementEnforcementLegal System Author:Alan Dershowitz
“I think the reality is that copyright law has for a very long time been a tiny little part of American jurisprudence, far removed from traditional First Amendment jurisprudence, and that made sense before the Internet. Now there is an unavoidable link between First Amendment interests and the scope of copyright law. The legal system is recognizing for the first time the extraordinary expanse of copyright regulation and its regulation of ordinary free-speech activities.” ThinkingFirstsLittlesLongMadeRealityLawInterestInternetActivitySpeechLong TimeOrdinaryFirst TimeExtraordinaryTinyTraditionalLinksAmendmentsRegulationFree SpeechRecognizingScopeFirst AmendmentCopyrightLegal SystemExpanseJurisprudenceCopyright Law Author:Lawrence Lessig
“It is important to recognize the limited ability of the legal system to prescribe and enforce the quality of social arrangements.” ImportantLawSocialAbilityQualityArrangementsLegal System Author:Hillary Clinton