...governor In a WI colony to which he had been appointed, told him it would be easy to decide justly — " but never give your reasons, for your judgment will...right, but your reasons will certainly be wrong." Campbell's Lives of the Chief Justices, vol. II., p. 572. 1 The law applying as municipal (internal)...

...chancellor in one of the dependencies of England, not to give reasons for his judgments, " for," said he, "your judgment will probably be right, but your reasons will certainly be wrong." What sort of common law would this chancellor make? That kind of law is a series of inferences from...

...consider what you think justice requires, and decide accordingly. But never give your reasons;—for your judgment will probably be right, but your reasons...there was one called from my friend and pupil, the General,—which the losing party had been induced to bring on account of the ludicrously absurd reasons...

...consider what you think justice requires, and decide accordingly.* But — never give your reason* — for your judgment will probably be right, but your reasons will certainly be wrong. Here, then, we have the great secret <я magisterial success — " never give reasons." It is by pursuing...

...him, saying, " There is no difficulty—only hear both sides patiently, then consider what you think justice requires, and decide accordingly; but never...right, but your reasons will certainly be wrong." The sequel to this conversation was told by Lord Mansfield himself in these words :— " I was two...

...him to decide according to his notions of common sense, but never to give his reasons ; for, said he, "your judgment will probably be right, but your reasons will certainly be wrong." Many years afterwards, Lord Mansfield, while sitting on Privy Council appeal^ had a judgment of this...

...chancellor in one of the dependencies of England, not to give reasons for his judgments, "for," said he, "your judgment will probably be right but your reasons will certainly be wrong." What sort of a common law would this chancellor make ? That kind of law is a series of inferences from...

...circumstances of the Court's behavior, for Lord Mansfield's advice: 2°l "[Cjonsider what you think justice requires, and decide accordingly. But never...right, but your reasons will certainly be wrong." To this view of the judicial process might be added the observation that in the absence of reasons...

...circumstances of the Court's behavior, for Lord Mansfield's advice: 201 " [Cjonsider what you think justice requires, and decide accordingly. But never...right, but your reasons will certainly be wrong." To this view of the judicial process might be added the observation that in the absence of reasons...

...The great English jurist, Lord Mansfield, once advised his follow judges. "Consider what you think justice requires, and decide accordingly. But never...right, but your reasons will certainly be wrong." I do not mean to downgrade the importance of the intuitive judgments of experts, but intuition is an...