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Law1 quote
The Common Law of England has been laboriously built about a mythical figure-the figure of "The Reasonable Man.".... He is an ideal, a standard, the embodiment of all those qualities which we demand of the good citizen. — A.P. Herbert · 1935Legal theory1 quote
The Common Law of England has been laboriously built about a mythical figure-the figure of "The Reasonable Man.".... He is an ideal, a standard, the embodiment of all those qualities which we demand of the good citizen. — A.P. Herbert · 1935Marriage1 quote
The critical period in matrimony is breakfast-time. — A.P. Herbert · 1935Reasonableness1 quote
The Common Law of England has been laboriously built about a mythical figure-the figure of "The Reasonable Man.".... He is an ideal, a standard, the embodiment of all those qualities which we demand of the good citizen. — A.P. Herbert · 1935