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Reason is the life of the law, nay the common law itself is nothing else but reason. — Edward Coke · 1628Political, social, and economic changes entail the recognition of new rights, and the common law, in its eternal youth, grows to meet the demands of society... Now the right to life has come to mean the right to enjoy life, — the right to be let alone; the right to liberty secures the exercise of extensive civil privileges; and the term "property" has grown to comprise every possession — intangible, as well as tangible. — Louis Brandeis · 1890Law1 quote
Reason is the life of the law, nay the common law itself is nothing else but reason. — Edward Coke · 1628Legal history1 quote
Political, social, and economic changes entail the recognition of new rights, and the common law, in its eternal youth, grows to meet the demands of society... Now the right to life has come to mean the right to enjoy life, — the right to be let alone; the right to liberty secures the exercise of extensive civil privileges; and the term "property" has grown to comprise every possession — intangible, as well as tangible. — Louis Brandeis · 1890Reason1 quote
Reason is the life of the law, nay the common law itself is nothing else but reason. — Edward Coke · 1628